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Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes/Notes  techniques  et  bibliographiques 


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isidering  the  condition  and  legibility 
lal  copy  and  in  keeping  with  tha 
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New  Brunswick  IVIuseum 
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Les  images  suivantes  ont  6t6  reprodultas  avac  la 
plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  at 
da  la  nattatd  de  I'exemplaira  film*,  at  an 
conformity  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  da 
filmaga. 


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nth  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
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al  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  tha 
ith  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
iding  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed  i 
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orded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
1  the  symbol  — ^  (meaning  "CON- 
)r  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
ipplies.  WV/f^lH^^^n 


Les  exemplaires  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  imprim6e  sont  film6s  en  commen9ant 
par  le  premier  plat  at  an  terminant  soit  par  la 
dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  salon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
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premidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle     — 
empreinte. 


Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
dernidra  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  salon  le 
cas:  le  symbole  — ►  signifie  "A  SUIVRE".  la 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN".  HiUkMMnUMBatf 


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luction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
jded  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
I  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
p  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
e  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 


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de  Tangle  sup6rieur  gauche,  de  gauche  d  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas.  en  prenant  le  nombre  ;; 

d'images  ndcessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  m^thode. 


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M    E.lVl   O    I    R    S 

ODD    ADVENTURES, 

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Strange.  Deliverances,  '&c. 


1 


In  the  Captivity  :of 


7  0  H  N   G.r  L  E  S/  Efqi 


C()mmander;of  the.  Garrifon  on  St,  George's  River] 


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'VVrittjn  by  HimfelE 


P  r^fTfulY u'h.  I  but.  kno'iv.  the  •Psxcr  abovC' 
Jf'iih  ea/e  /.an  fav}  euh  01  j  ft  ■■f  his   I.cve')    ' 
iCiie  (li  hts    IVtll.   txfrnJ^   fh    b  unlkfl  Grdcc  :  I 
Nor  h-fi  by  Ttme,   rfnr   (ir  urnJ'c>ti>'J    by  ■Pl.ue.      -\ 
Hippicr  his  Lor,   iiho.  ■>//.»»)>'  /"rr^ws  f^ll, 
J.  njT^  inh'ri'-^   gains   his   nu.il  Shore   at  hf}-,: 
'fban  ivho  (00  jpprJy.   b.ajics   to   cnJ  his   Lt-fo 


S}  fome  Steto  Ruffian,——'  Homer's  Of yfT. 


EOS  f  0  N,m  N'E.- 

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^;,:?i,^,,^.:^j^,,^,^JlESE' private^  MciiiOtr 5  ixeYc  coUc[tcd  fr:m  my  MiKntcs^  ,  "^ 
^'$^i^  •^^'*^'  ^^  ^^^  ^^r;;f//  'Keiiicfi'of.  my  Second  Cjtif.rt ;  for  tic  1','e 
.|';^™'^'|'  of  cur  Family  :    that -jjc^  vii^ht   have  a  J^Icmc,:to  €-jir      " 
'J- oSS  ^  S'l'-f'  .r^.'?,/v  ^r  Hi?/;./  to  CSC  it  e^  in' cur  fches  GfatifuJe  ^  T>:a):k- 
/S^^^^^."!!  f^^^f'^f^  mmpEi  i  'rt/;</  //;   f;r<r  Ofspntig   a  due   Unfc  rf  ^ 
^'¥"4"*'^"^'^''  ^^-"'^'^  D^tidaticc  on  the  S  o  v  c  lu  i  (J  ^.  (f  the   Univerje^ 

Jrcui  thc'Pretarioufiu^.  and  \^ici£itud€s  of  all  fnllun:iry    '  , 
Enjoyments.    -J^^h^i  State  and  for  this  End  they  h.ive  laid  byXme  f^rfome 
Tears  :.   At  leri^/^ii,n^  into  the  Hands   of  ("ome  for  iuJj?fe  Judgment  I 
had  a  value;   I/Juas  prc'^cd  for  a  C)py  for  the  Publick  :     and  others  de-^ 

.  f^^^'Ki  of  me' t J  estrati  Particuhirs  from  thence]^  ivhicb  the  :iiultipltcity  and 

urgency  of  my  AffSm  ivzuld  nut  adiait,   I  ha~~c  Hjvj  deter }iiincd   tJ  fuffer 

tbiir  Publication.     J  h.^.vs  made  fcarce^any  Addition  to  this  lilanual^  <\- . 

'  ccpt  in  the  Vbaptir^  ^/ Creaturqs,.':yZ'/r/-' 7  Tv.ri  urged  \o  have  made  v^ich 

larger  ;    and-j'itgbth.Tye  greatly  enlarged.^  but  J  feared  it  ii'culd  gro7:>  Ic' 

^.yond  its  Prop'iriion.'    I  have  been  likhuife  advi/ed  to  gize  a  partkuLir  Ac^ 
c  unl  cf  my  Father  ^.ivhich  J  am):pt  I'cry  fend  of  ;■  having  nj^Dfpcndance    • 
on- the  J''irtues  or  ILnonrs  cf  my  Anc'efjrj^  t)  rec  mmend  meto  the  Favour    -   . 
' of  GOD  or  Men  :    'Kivertbe-lcfs,  became VT mc  think  fhat ' it  is  a  R efpftl  r/'.e 
it  tl'c  Meifiory  of  my  Parents.^   librfe  Name,!  icas  obliged  to  r.o.tiin    :n 

i  the  fdlrjjtn-g  Story .,'  and\a  fatisfz^iion  ivhicb  their  Polhrity    h,:gl!  y^^Ji-y 

cspeH  from  me  ;   Ifhaligive  fo,ne  Accj'cir,  th/  as  brief  as  p  JJltle.  . 

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::,\-7i>o  fi.ririjhing  State   rf-}^r\vEsr,iAsr>  (befirl^    tU' unhjpri   E'^tern 
Hairs')  dreiu  my F'.::ber  hither ^'7i:''':yfe  tii--}-  Settlement 
River  at  a  Plac^^cal.'cd  \]crxy-mc':':}\^  Bav  ;     -■'''■^' 
l^ears  :  'till,  on  the  Death  of  my  GraAd  Parents,  Ik 
t!irn\dy\En^\:\rn.],  t  J  fettle  his 'Affairs.     7'his  d. 


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/deft^fi  to  ha'ce  refttrn\l  to  his  Farm,  hut  on  his  //nival   ^r,  Boftofi,   tie 
Ei'hrn  In:li:ins  b.iJ  begirt  tbtifH  phties.      lU.tl^crtfore  IcgJti  a  Senlc-i  ^ 
Dient  on  Long-IflinJ.-    'tis  Air  of  fb.it  Phce  n  t  /:  a://  irgrettng  uifb 
his  C  HjJiTutton,  an  J  tbt  Indians  bi'inir  peacealle.  It  agSm  f>-}TeJto  re- 
fettle  bis  L.vids  ///'Merry-HieetiHg- Bay  ;    but  finding  tlat  Pljce  Jt-ftrtcdy, 
and  tb.1t  PLvitatt  ns  -Jiere  carried  on  at  Ptn1mn<^uid  ;  It  'purcb.yedj'rjcrai 
'  'fra'ls  >j'  Lvid  f  tie  Inbabitants  tbere.     L'pn  hs  Hi^lnefs  tie   Duke  f 
Y^nWi  rffuming  a  Claim   to,  tb  fe  Parts ^    be  :alfo  took    'tit    Pat'ents    Up  n 
tb.it  Claim  :     Jnd  a/'fwPtmm.-'quiil  -xas  fit   ff'by  tbe^avie  -j  tbe  C  utuy 
r/*t:ornwal  \n  tbe  Pr.vincc  Vf  New-Yoik,  le  "li'is  C  rumi£l  Hated  Cbuj 
-.Ju^iice  of  tbejaiiii^  by  G..vernour_  Dv\i  \^      He  'las  a  firict  Saibatizer, 
and  met  'ii::tb'cOhfi  leralle. Difficulties^  urtie    Dt/cbarj^e  cf  his  Office,  frch, 
tbe  i/niti  rahties  cf  a  Pe  pie  laba  badJoij/kied  La-jilc/'s      lie  la  id. out  rt 
i.fjc  tifi.lcrA'.li  Income  iidjictj  be  bad  arinifaU^  fr^m,  England  on  tbe  PLfcc  • 
hni  at  IrJi  I'Ji  bis  Life  there,  as  hereafter  relate^hs^  . 

1  am  n  t  infenfiljc  (f  tbe  'Truth  of  an  Affertibn  cf  Sir  K>qeer  L'JLrtrangr 
that  ''!•  Bcoks  and  Dijbeshai'e  this  comm.ti  Fate' -^  tbere\(ver  was  rf>> 
*'  one  if  either  cf  thm^  that  pleafcd  all  Palates,  [^.-ind  auhfullly  ij  hi 
Opini  ;;,  in  this^^  "  If  is  asjiffle  to  be  "di'JJ.ed  f  r^^  i!s  (.speCfeJs^  for  a' 
^*  L'niverfal  /ipplauje.  is  at.leaji  fujo  thinW.f  a  ScanLial.  "  \         ♦ 


^0  conclude  ijoith  the  Kniglt.  "  1'b'j\  I  made  this  Comp'fiti\princi^ 
^^  pally  for- my  Family  ---  T(t,  if  ar.y  Man  bai  a  Mind  tu  tA^  pa\^, 
"  'ti'.itb  'meJ  be  has  free  leasee  and  ivelcvie.  But  let  biui  carry  this  Cn- 
''  f  leratin  al  rg'jiith  bihi.,  "  That  he  is  a  \e\y  ar  naiinerls  Gucfl-, 
*^  thit  preHcs  upon  anc/tlier  iMjin's  Table,  and  cheii  Quarrels  wuli  h 
*'  Dinrier." 


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Of  Odd  Adventures  and  Signal  Delivwrances 

in  the  Ciptivity   of 

Job II    Qy1cs^    Efq; 

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Containing  the  Occio-nnccs  ofthcfiiU  Tc\ 


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N.  tlie  ftj^conf!  D.iy  of  //','•.;'?,  .Y'-ViiJ  Sici-  T. 
C'!)'//?/  16S9,  in  the  Moiriiiig,my  Oftlu-f-J  i.i: 
honoured   Father    5^-. ;-/ ri  Gv/c-j,i''  '""^IV"^,* 
Llq^.  went  with  lome  Labourers,^,,.        ^ 
my  tvyo  Elder   Brotlicrs    and  my 
lelf,  to  one  of  liis  Farms,  M\liich 
lay  on  the  River  about  threeMiles 
al/ove.  F(  >"/-C<!.7^Vj   t,  adjoining 
to  Pcvunnnmd  Fcilh  ;>  there  "to  "a- 


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^>'*^  thcPin  h^s'Englifh  Harvftl,  .a-nd;! 
— '"^  laboured  Iccufciy  till  Noon.,  iBiit'fe: 


afrer  we  had  Dined,  our  Peop!^  went  to  theii  Lahdur.Jonie    ^^^^ 
in  one  Field  to  their  Englifl^  Hay,    the   others  to  ano'thcr  . 


I  .Fort-G arid  Itood  on  rfic  Spnr  %\  her,'  /',>,•'<>'(. '">•  F<t  \\^:\^,  ''{¥,'"''?  O'^'--'* 
founded  the  Hon  Col.  Dc  s  r.ARw:  Tlu'Wrtv^  nOu^  ..dioininc;  tbcrciw|n  .i> 
called  JavjeiTcun,  1:1  honour  ro 'the  HiA-Cof  7>/f  ;  l!'<|iiiv  Town  uiti-.- 
in  .i.(]  rarter  of  a  Mi;.c  of  the  I  ort*v/.is  the  Dwcili.ic;  Houi'e  of  'Z^^f'is 
G)ks,EC^l,   from  v\liiWi  he  went  out  tiut  unh.ipp)Mo|||^;.g: 


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ficldpf  I'nglilh  Corn,  except  my  Father,  the  youngefl  of 
my  two  Br(  tl)€rs  aod  my  lelf,  who  tarried  near  totheFarm- 
Houl'e  in  which  we  hail  DintJ,  till  about  pne  of  ihcCIocIc, 
wheli  we  hj^ard  the  Report  of  leveral  Great  Guns  from  the 
Fort.     Ut>^n  the  bearing  of  them  my  Father  I'aiM,  that  he 
hrp'd  it/^as  a  Signal  of  good  News,  and    thaiAe   Great- 
Couiicil/llad  lent  bac|c  the  SoKliers,    to  cov^r  tTie  Inhabi-    ; 
'  taijts  i/for^n  Rtport  of  the  Revo'lution  they  had  deleited  : 
Balio  our  great  Surptiiis  about  Thirty  or  Foity  Indians  dil*- 
thal^eil  a  Vc!ley  rf  ShQt  at  us,trom  behind  a  rifmg  Gfcon.l^ 

■'-    r^ear  our  B.un.     *  The  ^'ellir.g  of  the  Inibai.-SthcW'hiiliiiUr   ' 
of  their  Shot,  and  the  Voice  cf  mi  Father,  whcm.  1  hcarli 
cry  out,  What  now  !    \\  hat  now  I    lb  terrified  me  i    thr^ 
he  leem'd  to  be  hntullins;  a  Gun,  that    I   endeavoured  /o 
make.my  li.ic.ipe.-     My  Brother  ran  one  way  and  I    aslo- 

■  thcr  ;  ajid  locking  over  my  Shoulder,  1  law  a  rtout  Fellow, 
pair.teil,  j:urluing  mc  with  a  Gun  ,  and  a  Curtlals  entter- 
ing  in  his  Hand,  -which  I  expected  every  Mornent/in  my 
Brains  :   I  prelentlv  fell- down,  and  the  Indian  took  nie  by 


the  Le'i't  Hand,>  c,fFercd;me 
iift  mc  up,  an.j^pointen  to  t 


life  pbuie,  jbut  feized  rriy  Arms, 


he  Frac^whcfc  the  pyopic  were 

at  \Vork  about  th^Hay  \    ai|d  lead wie, that  vv/yv     As  we 

palled,  we  crdfTeri  my  Father,  who  look'^d   vycry  pale  and 

bloody,  ^nd  syaiked  very  ^owly.  *"  When  wycame  to  the 

Placc^  I  faw  two  Nfen  fliot  down  on  the  Flaits,  and  one  or 

.  two  more  knock' A()  ti$e  Head  with  Hatchets,  crying  out, 

'   O  Lord,  ^c  !^ there  the  Indians  brought  two  Captives, one* 

'    Alan,  a^id  myj^rothfr  J^wfj,  he  that  endeavoured  toekape 

by  runilsng  from  ^e  Houfe,  when  I  did  f.  "  "  After    they 

had  done  what  Mifchjef  they  could,-  fat  down,  making  us 

fit  with  them  :  and'afier  fdme  time    aroii?,   pointing  to  us 

to  go  Eaftward.     They  march"d  about  a  quarter  of  a  Mile 

and  then  made  a,,^Halt,  and  brought  my  Father  to  us  :  and 

made  Propolals  p  him  by  q^'^Mock.us^    who  told  him  that 


..•? 


T.'ic  Indians  have  a  Cuftom  of  uttering  a.moit  hor.Hd  HovU,  when  fh'ry 
difchargc  Cjun5,dcfigninq  tlWcby  to  terrify  thoCe  \\  horn  they  tjL'hr  ipaiiirf. 
He  v\ as  about  lourtecn  Ycarsxtf  Age.  The  chkft  Brother  whole  Name 
Mas  Ti  smiiiy  V.  onderfully  efcapcd  by  Land  ;o  thci3.jri.ji-<n?(aPoint  of  L.ind 
onthcWeft  Side  of  the  River  oppofirc  to  the  Forrjw'hcre  Icvcr-ilHifliiiig 
Vcflclilay,  he  go;  on  boarif  one  cf  them  and  came  to  bailthac  >;ight. 

■   ■'  .  J"^  '      '  they 


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ihey  were  rlrange  Indians  who  fliot^him,  ,anl  tint  t.v  \  \, 
(forry  lor  it,:  My  l-athcr  rtpIicJ,  thithc  w'^ i  A  J y i ;  g  \.l.Ti', 
arVl  waijied  MO'Favoiii-  6t'  lisinii^  Lnt  lo  yfi;}/!  w  '!i^4j  i 
ChiMreii  ,  whicftjbci  ig  gtaiueJ,  j)c  rccomn/cnJcJ  Uj  cutnj^- 
Protcdion  anil  Blc^Tihi^  of  G{^]^  AIiDiglityV  tlicn,  gni'v'  iV  _ 
the  bcll'A^vice.,  arul/took  hisl^ave  for  this  IjIc,  lv,p'»ig  i.»\ 


GOD  th.ic  wc  OloulJ  nvcet  in  a  better.  He  piitc  I  uicl)  a 
choarful  \\>icc,  b(v;<lork;iL\l  very  pale  \  y  renlkUj  of  ll'!s  f^rrr.j 
loji.of  II'ok),  ♦hicli)  boilM  cut  C'f  his  Shoes*: ---^the  in'!:- 


\ 


ai%s  !ca>l  h.'ni  nfKlt'f-.! --r  ihc.uJ.ihe  Mows  of *?K;.  1 1  itcf 
hue  neither  Shriek  nor  Groan  !  [  I  attp t  w;art.!s  h'tarvl  th  .; 
hi;  h.\A  five  or  l*V(in  Sliot-holts,  t'jto'  hi/  -XVaibJC  •■•^^s»>^' 
jackei-janJ  that  thelndians  coveitj  him  sviili  fonuliojj^iisNj 
•       .      /  '.'  .>  '  '    . 

The  Itulians  leiJ  us  their  C.^gt;vc?,on  the  I! -"re  fulc  cf-^/-^.  -  ^-   ]j^ 
River,  toward  tlic  Foi.t  j  arul  uhcn  we  canvc  within  a  Nriirof  .\^.■\r■  -i 
•  anJ  half  of  tlie  Foit  and  'I'owd^  and  cou'.J  lit  the  rorr,,wc'''i  ■•-:^"';-; 
faw  i'lrir.i^  i^  Smoke  on  a!l  fuics'^-   Ihre  we  ni.vie   a  fiinit  ."'•,',  '"•"'». 


j^ltop,  and  then 'w^.nioveJ  witliiucr   h'.k  the    dulincfiT  ci'^ 
three  ouiftets  of  iit^Me  from  the  Toit'/'liuo  a  thick  Swamp.     * 
There  I  law  my  l\Tothcr  and  my.two  little  Si4er5,aiid-Jnany  ^'v/^ 
other  Cap'ivcs  talvc^'h  frnu  the  Tov.  n.      Mv  ^Mmlier  r.flk'J  "'"^ 
me  of  my  r.ichcr,  I  t.-Id  her',  that  he  was  Kili'dp  ut  c6U'ul 

il^fay  no  more  for  Giicd  ,   fl^e  butil  int«  Tear.':,  and  t!ic  la!;- 
ans  hiovcti  me  a  little  further  o\\\  and  leiz'd  nie  toa 'J>q,cS^       ^ 

The    Indians    came   to    \\vj-lIinlo:ir^     and  font    Sjjk- 
feveral   Days   to.  ohi'ervc  how  -and '\\  here  tlie-^jtecplc  were  /if. 


K?;ri. 
.i;iv;» 

■ 


em 


nploycvl  ^c.  who  foil rul  th.it  tihc  ^^n  u»ere  ger.er.^liy -at  l''oi:  .j^.  ;;. 
,'bik  at  Noon,  arid  left  ahouf'tlicir*  hio'Jles  o;ily  \\''o;'nc:i '  •■^''  ^• 
id  Clviidrcn  :     therefore. the  I|iJiar.s   divi.!ed-  thcni:i.;\i  ;'     ;  ■• 

fit 3  leveral  l,\irtieA<_l"^ime'^Ani'pi3lh!ng  the\Vay.bct_vvitiLiLc 
'otc  an  1  the  ILTUies,  a?  I  :ke  wife-bet  ween    in^'m    and    iht; 


nfid  Clviidrcn 

if 

I 

dill.ii^.t  Fields  v'^nd-fl^.^n  alarminj*  the  f.(Tlheil  utf  fidl'thev 
••/kiird*and  took  the  Pcoplj,  as  they  iio-vod  toward  theTowr;^ 
./andForr,    artheir  Pheafure  ;  lb  t!in-t.  vc;v  fc.v  efcipe  It. ■> 
•    the  Fort.     Mr.  Pjinjb.ill  vjt.s  t.ikcn,  a!;i('' kiUM    .as    b«*i  ,'  v 

with  his'Sloop  rear  the  B.7)l u-.i?;.  '  On  the  fiiit  itir  ar.c\; 
I    the  Fort  my  y^u.-ierell  l>..-^t'-icr  was  at  F!-. v  fif'.;r  *t!ie;l'n!ii  , 

and  ran  in, an  1  lb  i  y.God'sGoodf.els  w\ii  pic.erved'. 


!i\suis  with  gieat  Coui.ige  vk  Rcfoluiion  Jeffiidcd  ik 


WOa 


-/ 


4) 


"   (>W\  lort  two  D^ys,  till  that  he  was  much  Wounded  and  the 
licll  of  his  Men  Kill'd,  and  then  beat  up/  a  Parley.      And 
•  ihe  Conditions  werr,  /  .  / 

1.  1  hat  ihcy,  the  Indians  ^lould  givt  him  Mr.P^frJJjjl/s 

Sloop. 

2   That  ihcy  fhould  not  moleft  him  in  carrying  off  the 
few  People  that  had  got  into  the  Fort,  and  ihice  Captives    , 
that  they  had  taken. 

»    3  '1  hat  the  Englifli  fhould  carry  off  in  theirHands  what 
they  could  from  the  Fort. 

On  thcle  Con(iitions  the  FortwasSurrendred,  andCapt. 

JVeems  went  off.     And  Toon  arfter  the  Indians  fet  on  Fire  the 

*  Fort  &  Houfcs :  which  made  a  terrible  Blaft,  an<l  was  A  me- 

lancholly  Sight  to  us  poorCaptivcs,who  were  fad  Spedlaiors ! 

r 

Sfct.  111.      After  the  Indians  Had  thus  laid  Wade  Pemmaqui.l^  they 
OfthcTranf  moved  US  all  to  I^eW'Harbottr  *.     And  when  wr  tvrrnctl  our^ 
portation   ofQ^^-j^j  q^  j^e  Town  my  Heart  was  ready  to  break  !---  I  faw 
the  Captives        Mother  ;    fhe  fpoke  to  me,  but  I  could  not  aniwerhcr!. 
the   nc^rrft  That  Night  we  tarried  at  New-liafhour^  and  the  nejit  Day 
Iridian^^ViU  went  in  their  dnoc^forPerJol^fcot.     About  Noon, theCanoe 
■lagc 
"wizard 

'^*"  not  fay.     She  asked  me,H.ow  I  did  ?     I  think  I  laid,  Pretty 

well,  (tho'  my  Heart  was  full  of  Grief).  T.hen  fhe  faid,0, 
my  Child  !  how  joyful  &  pleafant  would  it  be,  if  we  were 
going  to  Old  England,  to  fee  your  Uncle  Cbalker^^nA  other 
Friends  ihere  ?  —-Poor  Babe  I  we*arc  going  into  the  Wil- 
derncfs,  the  Lord  knows  where  !  ---  She  burfl  into  Tears,  _ 
and  the  Canoes  parted  !  That  Night  following  the  Indians 
with  theirCaptives  lodged  on  anlfland.  A  few  days  after, 
wc  arrived  at  Penohfcot-Fcrt ;  where  I  again  faw  my  Mo- 
ther, my  Brother  and  Siflers,  anc^many  other  Captives.  1 
think,  wc  tarried  here  eight  Days  :  \and  in  that  time  the 
Jefuit  had  a  great  mind  to  buy  me.      My  Indian  Maftcr 


aian- »  II'  went  iii  iiicir  v^aiiuc^  jui  /  i"ft/yn/».      rvmun.  i'^uuii,iiicv^aiiuc 

^c    Eaft.  ^hich  my  Mother,  and  that  which  I  was  in,  came  fule  by 
"■'*.°""'fi(ie  :  whether  accidental  or  by  my  Mother's  defire,!  can- 


^ 


*  Kfw  Harbour  is  about  two  Miles  Eaft  of  Pemma(fuid,  a  fmall  Hgibour, 
much  ufcd  by  Fifhcrmcii.  Before  the  War  there  >cre  about  twelve 
Houfes,  but  the  rumour  of  War,  difpofcd  them  to  fccurc    thcmfclvcs, 


by  forfaking  their  Habitations. 


made! 


•made  a  Vifit  to  the  JcfuifJand  c^rrictijnc  \\\\\\  liiin  r.  I 
Jaw  the  JcluiC  (licw  liiiu  f/icccsoI  GoK!,  ami  un>lcMln.nl  aU 
itrward,  that  he  tcinlcfq/ii  ihcm  foi  iiic.  'liic  J'Tuit  gnvli 
me  a  Bibket^  which  I  pi^  i/itp  my  Focj;cr,  ai.ili  (I'rc  hut 
,eac  i  but  k|uried  ic^uinld-  a-Log-,  ica'ti'i  g  thi»t,  I'.c.li.uJ  *pirt 
*  Inincthiug  in  it  to  iiMkjj/ mc  Lovchim  :•  jor"  J  was  very 
Yi»ung,  aiivi  hnd  ljcar(/l  much  ot'tfie  P.ipills  toituriiig  the 
Protellants  &c.  lb  tha^fl  jiatcd  the  figlu  ot  a  [cjair.  \\  hciv 
my  Mother  Jicard  ihc^  talk  of'my  being  Soid'to  a'i^Jcfuic, 
the  laid  to  me,  Oh  l/ftjy  dear  Child  !  if  it  wpfi  GOD's 
Will,  I  had.rathor  tjbllo'w  you  to  your  Crave!  or  ncvg.i"c« 


youinorc  in  thisAV^rtd,  than  you  flio.uld  be  SoiiUo  ajeluit  : 
ior  ajcrmt  will  ruif^'yc^u  lindy\Sc  S^ul  !  and  it  pVnlcV.GOI) 
to  grawt  her  Requeil',t'olr  (he  ncvfr  law  nic  ntbrc  '.'[liio'  iT - 
'  and  my  two  llttfe  Sirteiis  were,  af^tcr  l"evv;ral  Ve"ntiCii,ptivit 
redccjn'd  ;■  fhc  died  be'fore  I  rcturnc  1  :     And  my  Btoth( 


ihe 

V 
ec 

who  was  taken  with  S^e,  was  alter  liverai  YcariCaptivity 

yniolV  barbaroully  loi.tared  toO^atlvjby  the"  Indians],    For  V 

My  Int-'iari  Maftcr  carried  me  up  P€n:l;'c^tKr<\cr  to  a- 
,  Village  calleil  Madat^ivikce''.  which  itnnCis  on^a  Point  of 
La n\1,  between  the  Mam  River,  an'l  a'Braiich  \\hidi  heads 
to  thd  Eail  of  it  At  Home  I  had  cvcp^eenSrrnngcrs  trcat- 
Aed  with  the  utmoll  civility,  and  being  a  Stranger,  I  ex- 
pe<f\ed  fame  kincJ  Treatment  here  :  but  foon  found  tiiy  felf 
deceived,  for  I  prelcntly  law  a  !^Cumbcr  of  Squaws  got  to- 
gether in, a  Circle  dancing  and  yelling  ;  and  an  old  grt-- 
macc-Squaw  tock'me  by  the  H/iiid^  and  lead  me  to  the 
Ring,  where  the  other  Sc^uaws  jcizM  mc  by  the  Hair  of 
my  Head,  and  by  my  Hands  and  Feet,  like  fo  mabyFuries: 
but  my  Indian  Mailer  prefen'tly  laid  down  a  Pledge  and 
releas'd  m*e.  '  A  Captrve  amorig  the  Indrans  is'  cxgolVd  to 
nil  manner  of  Abufc,  and  to  the  utmoll  Tortures  ;  unlcfs 
his  Mailer,  or  fcime  of  his  Mafler's  Relations,  lay  down  a 
Ranfoni,  luch  as  a  Bag  of  Corn,  or  a  Blanket,  or  fuch 
like  :*  by  which  they  may  redeem  them  from- theirCrueities 
for  that  Dance,  fo  that  he  (hall   not  be  touch'dby -an" 


I 


■  *„  • 


Srrcr.  IV. 

tn  tluOuur- 
rcnccs  ill  niy 
palliiK^-  from 
/\\:J;ct    to 

Sf.      ',J'>!'s:  ' 

wl;cfc'*'.ttl-- 

r.,\t  £..ftcm 
Tiih^'     li  i-c  * 

VCui. 


qy.iv;     C.ip-;    , 
ti^..vS,  aiui   of*  * 
rdkciving 
tlicn; fi(  iv'V 
bii'csacDjn- 


7  The  Indi:in  that  takes  and  will  keep  a  Cnptive  is  accoimtcd   his,,P>Inillf; 
and  tlicCaptivchis  Proptrry  till  he  pive  or  fell  him^to  another. 

C  '      '*■•       ■  The 


The  next  Day  vvc  went  up  that  EafterijBran.ch  oiPenohf- 
cot  Riycr  many  Leagues,--carried  over  Land  to  a  large 
Fond,  and  from  one  Pond  to  another,  till,  in  a  few  Days 
we  went  down  a  River  |l,  which  vents  it  i'c\rmio  St.Jcbn's 
■River.  But  before  we  came  to  the  Mouth  of  this  River, 
we  car?ied  over  a  long  Carrying- Place  :^  to  ^W^^^f-fe-F^rr, 

which  ftands  on  a  Ba»k  of  St.  Johns  Kroer.     My  Indian 
•      Mafter  went  before,  and  left  me  with  an  old    Indian    and 
•  two  or  three  Squaws.     The  OldMan  often  faid, (which  was 

all  the  Englifh  that  he  could  fpeak,)  By  ami  by.-  covie  to  a 
great  J'c-Ji'H  and  F  rt  :  fo  that  I  comforted  my  felf  in  think- 
ing how'finely  I  ihouldi  be  refrefhed  &c.  when  L came  to 
this  great  Town.       ..    ' 

Sect?  V.    '    After  fomc  Miles  travel  we  came  in  fight  of  a  large  Corn-: 

Of.myTrcar-.FicId,  and  foon  after'of  the  Fort,  to  my   great    Surprize  : 

i^'::n  At  my  for  j^vo  or^ three  Squaws  met  us,tookoffmy  Pack,  and  lea  1 

jl2ft.,ck^cn  me  to  a  large  Hurt  or  WJgwam,    where    Thirty  or    Forty 

^/Jeifl's/?/-' Indians    were  dancing    and  yelling  round    five  or  fix  poor   . 

'«■•'•  Captives,  who  had  been  taken  fome  Months  befoie    from 

^cbecbi^^   at  the' fame  time  when    Major    IValdc'M     r/as 

I  moll  batbaroufly  butchered  by  them  *.     1   was  whirl'd   in 

' :-  among 


li   Mtdccktack    River.    '      '  -  '  '  '  '.      '/ 

:p  A  Carrying-Place  is  a  Path  or  Track  in  which  they: pafs  from  oneRi/er,, 
or  parr  of  a  River  or  Pond  ro  another  :  'tis  fo  called,  becaufc  the  Indian* 
are  oblit^cd  to  carry  their  Baggage  over  them.  V       \    ' 

*  Ma/or  f'f'.jldein  was  taken  in  the  beginning  of  y-^pril  on  the  Jsight  afr^or  a 
Sabbath,  T  have  heard  the  Indians  fay  at  a  Fcaft,  that  thero  iieliig  a 
Truce  for  fome  Days,  they  contriv'd  to  fend  in  two  "Scjuaws  to  take  No- 
tice of  this  Numbers,  Lodgings  an'd  other  Circurriftances  of  the  People 
in  his  Garrifon,  and  if  thev  could  obtain  leave  to  Lodge  there,  to  open 
the  Gates  and  Whiftlc,  [  They  faid  the  Gates  had  no  Locks"  but  were 
f^ftncd  with  Pins,  and  that  they  kept  no  Watch,  there  ]  The  Scjaaws 
had  a  favourable Scafon  to  prolecjtc  their  I*rojc6tion,  for  ir  was  dull 
Weather  when  they  came,  and  begg'd  leave  to  Lojigc  in  the  Garrifon  : 
they  told  the  Major  that  a  great  Number  ot  Indians  were  not  f.ir  from 
them,  wirh  confiderable  Quantities  of  Beaver,  who  would  Trade  witli 
liim  the  next  Day  S^c  Some  of  the  People  wcfc  very  much  againft 
'  their  Lodging  in  the  Garrifon,  but  the  Major  faid.  Let  the  poor  Crea- 
tures Lodge  by  the  Fire  !  The  S|uaws  went  into  every  Apartment, and 
obfcrved  the  Numbers  iti  each,  and  whcii  the  People  were  all  ^Wccp, 
rofe  xvi  opetied  the  Gates,  ar)d  gave  the  Signal;  and  the  other  Indians 
.J  '  '  '  ^^  '      .  cjmc 


(•7} 


^ 


.  among  them,  anJ  we  look'd  on  each  other  With  a  Icrr^.v.  f..l 
Countennncc  :   and  prefently  one  of  them    was    leizM  l;y 
each  Hand  &.  Foot,    by  fouif  Indi.u,?,   who  fwuDg  him  up  ' 
and  let. his  Back  with  Force  fall  on  the  hard  Grouiui,    VilJ 
they  had  danced  (as  they  call  it)    round  the  whole  Wfg-  T 
warn,     which    was  thirty  or  forty  Feet    in    length.       But  '  • 
when  th'ey  torture  a  Boy,  they  take  him  up  between  two.  ,T 
This  is  one  of  thek  Cultoms  of  ^orturing  Captives.     Ano- 
ther  is  to  take  up  5  Perfon   by  the  middle  with    his  Henci 
.downwards,    and  jolt  him  round  'till   one  would    thii.k  liis 
Bowels  would  fhake  out  of    his  Moyth.      vSometinies  t'.cy 
will  take  a  Captive  by.  the  Hair  of  the  Hea(]  and  I'.'^hin 

.  forward,  and  Itrike  him  on.the  Bark  &  Shoul^icr,  'till  tiie 
Blood  guOi  out  of  his. .Mouth  &  Nofe. ,  Somdtimcs  an  old 
OK^vell'd  Squ^aw  will  take  up  a  Shovel  of  hoc  Emhcis  nncl 
throw -them  into  a  C/aptive's  Bofom  ^  and  if  he  cry  out,tho 
other  Indians  willLaugh  and  Shour,nri  I  lay,  W'hatabravi 

;  A<5tion  our  old  Grandmother  has^done  !      Sbnietimcs  they 
torture  them  withWhjps  &:c. 

The  Indians  look'd   on  me  uith  a  fierce  Ccunrenir.co, 
fignifying  that  it  woi|ld  be  my  turn  r.ext.      They  chajnpM. 
Corn-Stalks,     and  threw  them  in  my  Hat,    which   \vas  in 
my  Hind  :      I  fmiled  on  them,    tho'    my  Heart  ak'd.     I 
look'd"  on  one  and  another,  but  could  not  perceive  that  any. 
Eye  pitied  me  :   iPrefently  came  a  Squaw  and  a  little  Girl, 


came  to  tlierii,    and  having  recfivM  an    Account   of.  the    S:..tc  oi'  iba-,-_::_- 
G.arrifon,  they  divided  accordinj^  to  the  Number  oi  •People  in  cacii  .\- 
partnienr,  and  toon  took  and  kil/d  them  all.  .TIic  Major  loilgcd  \'.::!.ii. 
.^in  inner  Room,     and    when   the  Indians  broke  in   upon  him,    lie   c;iyl 
our.  What  now  !    What  now  I   jumpt  oi:t  ot  .Hed  in 'hi',  Shirt,  aiiii  dra-.c    ■ 
them  out  with  his  S.sordthro'  two  or  tlirec  Doors  :    and  as    he  \'.:;s  re-        / 
turning  to  his  Apartment,  an  Indian  cmv.o  bc-hind  hiir,  and  knock'J.  !i!;;'i 
on  the  Head  with  his  H;uchct,ftun'd  him,  and  hai'd  him  o:t,  andAer  him,.. 
upon  a  long  Tabic  in  His  HajT,  and  bid  him.  Judge  I.idi.ns  again.    TJi:! 
^thcy  cat  and  ftab'd  hi'm,  anH  he  cr) 'd  cur,  O  Lord  !  O  Lord  ;  -   Ti;./ 
bid  him  ord^r  his  Bpiok  ^^JVccom'pts  to"  be  brought,    rii.d  crofs '  (;>.:     it 
'the*Indian  l!)eb:s  (fftr  he'^a^  jtradcd  muc!i'\\i:h  the  Ir.Ji.ir.s     .,;."i  ..l.f,. 
they  had  tortured  ,. him, to  Ueuth.,   they  burr.cd  the  Garrilon  and  drev.Tif.         / 
T^is-N.trratioii  I  heatdfiofiV  their  Aloutlv.  ..t  ;     a   d 

have  Reason  tplhink  if  tr\ic.  And  it  fliould  be  a  Warning,  to  allPeilc:  s 
vho  Iiavd  theCSrc  .6^,G.jifnrons :  For  tip  j;reatcft  L,olT:s  wc  'm:ct  v.i:i» 
are  for  want  of  cl'.]f:0,i';..tion  and  Circurr-ectioa/.    ,.      /      , — 


//  v.-  ,   an-l 


/ 


■       ■    (  8  .)  .         , 

ani  iai^i'^own  a  B3-;  of  Corn  in  the  R-nj  j  the  little  Gitl^ 
,  i.>ok  me  by  the  HariJ,  makiiig  Signs  tor'inc  to  go  out  of 
,/  the  Circle  with  them  ^:  but  liot  k. lowing  their  Cullom,vl 
'  lupp.v/ed  that'thcy  diifigned  to  kill  ni(^._£Qiij'.o'jI.i  iioi  go 
out  with  them.  Then  a  grave  lodian  came  ani  gave  me 
a  0ioit  Pipe,  an.1  faid,  in  Er.glifh,  Smoke  it  :  theii  tbok.me 
by  ih.e  Hand  ariJ  lead  me  out,  but  my  Heart  aked,  think- 
ing my  lelf  near  my  Enii  ,  but  be  carried,  me  to  a  Frciicli 
Hutt  about  a  Mile.  tVom  the  Indian  Fort.  'I  heFrenchnmr 
was  not  at  Home  ;  but  his  Wife  who  \vas  a,  Squaw  r).-\d 
feme  Dilcouife  with- my  Iiuiian  Fiien-i,  whicii  1  ili.l  not 
ut^Jirrliantl.  We  tarried  al<out  two  H-^urs,  ar.d  returnM  ro 
the  Vill;^ge,  w};i^cre  they  gave  me  iV'meVicftua's.  Not  iorig 
after,  I  ]av.  ofiC  of  my  Fellow- Captives,  wbognv'e  me  a  ivic- 
lanchoiiy  Account  of  ;their  Suffering^, after  lleftihcm^:. 

Srr.  Vjl.      After  fome  Weeks  had  pall  ue  left  the  Village,  and  went 

I     up  St.  J('  f'S  River  about  un  .Miles  to  a  Branch  called  J'U- 

'     dockfcetiicafis^    where   there    was    one  Wigwam.       At    cut 

Arrival  an. old  Squaw  faluted  me wit!"i  a  W\\^  taking  m.e  by 

,  the  Hair  and  one  Hand  ;  but  I  was  fo  ru.k  as  to  brenk  her 

:,     ho'd,  and  'quit  my  felf :  ---She  gave  me  a  filth}  ^rin, and 

■    '  the  Indians  iVt  up  a  Laugh---io  it  p.ifiM  over.      Here  i\c 

hve.l  upon  Fifh,  Wiid-Giapcs,  Roots  Ike.  >\hich  was  haid 

Living  to  me.  •  " 

^'\  <  T  -VII,      Vv'hen  the  Winter  carne  on, we  wem  lip  the  River  till  the 

T'o':    f\:i\   Ice  came  dow/),  nrul  rliri  thick  in  the  Ri^cr^  and  tlren,ac- 

Wrrci's      cording  to  tlie  Indian  Cuflom,  lai^l  up  pur  Canoes    tjli  the 

•"^"^e;     .Spring  ;    and  then  travcll'd  fometim'es  on  the  Ice,  &C.i"  n.c- 

times  on  the  Land,  till  we  came  to  a  River  that  was  open 

/     •.      and  not  Fordable,  where  Vve  made  a  Rafr,  and  pafsM  o\er 

TJig  and  Baggage*.     I  met  with  no  Abufe   from  them  in 

this  Winter's  Hunting,  tho' I  was  put  to  great  Hardfliias-^n 

rarrvjng  Burdens,  and  for  want  of  Footl  :    forihcy  ur/der- 

wcnt  the  lame  pifRcuity,   and  N^ould  often  encouiage  :r.c, 


^ 


'  ,r'rr:he  Iridiaiis  carry  their. Houlb  and  Hojfhold  StulT  on  -fui;    .;..'.'.•■, 

r he  Winter,    and  to  thefe  they  add,  in  the  Summer,  ihcir  Vjiids.  .■■■  \ 

— BLxiuturc . Pro .iriQii!.  &c . 


flying 


( pi  '    .  :    - 

;.iy ing/Hi. broK-- filZr,;. j . Hi , /]>- />•  -^f f^/  :7v.?/  i^/^;  /':•     But ;!-,( v 
coifld  not  auUrciju-iy  QucAion  ti'iat  J  a^kci  the/i:.      So  rh.:;': 
kiVowinE  ilipthnrf  ci  thcic  Cuitoiiis  a.-il  way  of   Life;  thd'-     ^ 
1  tho't  it  tcJioiJi'io  be  coiillajitly  ij::ovit,ij  frcin  P!a  c  to  -  •''     . 
P.}acc,.yct  It  nvigiit  Lt  in  ,1011) c  rtlptwl;  na  .AJvantJge  .  foi 
it  ranlli'M  in  my  .>Mi/riil  timt  \j,c  were  tnvcllirig  to  rqrr.sSet- "  '  . 
tlcinent'i    anJ  when  my  IJuiilcn  ^\<^s  o\  er  ht-avv,-  3r»>.i  ths 
In  iiaiiS  left  ine  bchinJ,  anvl  the  iMl  E\c  linti  caivj  ciri   >   I 
fan-cicW,! 'couM  Ic^  tHro   the  liuflui,    anci  hcaf  the  People 
Gf4bine  prCvtt-Towxi  •  ^wjiith  Hdpc  niirhc  be  \oir.c  l''Jnp^r: 
tome  in  th^;  ISay,    tho    I    joun.l not  the  Town  at  N.ghr 
'J'hus  \\c  have  been  Huritiiif^  three  hiiinlrCvl  MileilVorTi  the 
Sea  and  kfiew  no  Man  within  i\i:y  ck  f:xty  MiUi    rt"  us." 
jjAV'c  were  eight  or  ten  in  Niifn!;cr,  anJ  had  b'Jt.two  Indian   '*^' 
fklen  with  Guns,  on  wlioiii  uc  wholly  dcpcnJed  tor  Tood  l 
and  if  any  diraller  hadhap'ned,  we  mult  all  h|ave  pcriflied.     / 
And  Jometimes  we  haii  fj'o  manner  cf  SuJVenarke  tor  three     / 
or  tour  Days  '     But    CjOD    wonderfully    provides   for   all     ' 
Creatures  '     In  one  Of  thole  Tails  GOD\>>  ProviderKC   was 
rcniatkable.     Our  two  Indian  Men,  in  Huntinrr^^- llaftcd  a  . 
'Moofc  ^,  their  being  a  Hiallow-.  luftcd  .'^now  on  tluG.rcund  i 
bur  ihc  Moo!e  dircovered  thein,    and  ran  with  grdat  force 
into  a  Swamp  :   The  Indiai/s  went  round  the  Swamp,  and 
fiijding  no  Tracf^,  return'd  at  Night  to  the  Wigwaiii,  and! 
told,  w  hat  had  happened.     The  ncxtMorning  they  fcllowecf    . 
him  on  the  Track,  and  loon  fcund  theMooi'e  lying  on  the 
Show  ;   ^ov  crofl  ,g  the  Roots  of  a  large  Tree,    that'-haJ  . 
been  blown,  up  by  the  Root^  having  }^c    underneatl-i,  the 
Moofe  i^O  his  tunous  Flight  broke  thro',  and  hitch'd  one  of 
his  hirid  Legs  in  among  the  Roots,  fo  fall:  that  by  flcivi,ng     > 

^  AM, 00  ^."  is  a  fine  loft.v.Crcatar.»abour  dghf  F;,cr  Iii,'h,  unh  a  !on^;Hc.u? 
.1  !  Nr,lc  Hkc  J  H.orn.'  :  *ii|>  Hnrn-.  very  lirgc  ajul-llronj;  [.Son,?  ot 
tl,.r.-.  ar.-  -ibo.cfif  Feet,  fidnr:  lie  Evirtrii'v  <->''  nr.c  Hr.-n  ra  that  ot  t'c    ■ 

other  Ifhapt.igiTii  flic.t:cvcrv  Y*^'''-''l<^'  ''^^  '^'■■'' "■  '^-^r  lilvv..il^ 
thci:  Kv.i  .■•  ike  Dc.i-Fcft  '•  Tii.ir  '  '  i.  :'■  -c  long  aad 
loi.  Lc^vHio::!  <i.w  ..  R.ibbj!  'Fiicv  rcicmbii:  .;...:^m:  .u!,>  mrht  !mi;;h 
ofr|u'rl.ars.|an(i  fhbrtML'rsrif  rhcir  T.iil  The' Female  have  tvo  D  .ijs -: 
liki  a.Mjre,  rho' thcv  fomcrimcvhti;ig  tlircc  vo^ag  Oncs^  .ir  .>  1-  •  :• 
.thev  fo4l  .bu'  oiifc  a  Year,  and  at  ont.-  S.  .l"  n,  'iz.  When  th.  T'lv  ,-;...■ 
ovif  f.tnvcii,  fo| tbcr.  TJu'rc  are  a  fort  ol  Mooft  llut  have  .1  .^Lin  ^^'^ 
— — ¥44^r\  ■     ■    ^"^  \        "-  /  — ^'  ■'      -: '    -  ■  • : -.■    ^    -  -    .,   -•     "  -  , 


T^  -    io- 


.  / 


■     ■      ■'-    •  (  10);      - 

'to -get  it  put,  'he  pIlIM  the  Thigh  Bone  out  of  the  Socket 
at  the  Hip  :  Thus  extraordinarily  were  \ve,|frovii1ed  tor 
in  oui  great  Strait.     Sometimes  they  \\ou!^>ike    a    Bear, 

•  which  go  into  Dens  in  the  Tall  o(  th<^  Year  withcut  any  Irr: 
of  Fooil,  anti  i;c  there  u  ithout  any  fcxjr  or  five  MontliS,  ne- 
ver going  cAJt  till' the  Sprirg  c^'  the  Year  :    in  which  'lime 

•  thcv  r.eichcr  \c\c  liOr  cnin  in  r.eih  ^  if  thev  %\ent  into  their 
"Dens  Far.,  they  wilT  coir.e  out^fo,  or  if  they  \\  cnt  in  Leari, 
they  will  ccme  out.  Lean.     1  have  lern  iVn'.e  that  have  ccine 

'  out,  with  four  \\  help?,  anJ  both  Oi.i  ^  Yvnmg  very  fat  t, 
and  then  wc  feniled  :  af.d  an  old  Squaw,  arul  Captive,- if 
any  prefcnt,  mul\  Itan^l  without  the  \Vig\yani,  fhaking  their 
Hands  and  Body  as  in  a  i>?.n-ce  :  and  Tinging,  \\  io.\cu 
Gh  nelo  v.-oii  f  which  if  Englifned  would  be,  F,it  is  ;■:)•' 
F,.firf.  This  :s  to  Hgnify  theii'r  thankfulnefs  in  fcalling 
Times!  and,  when  th:s..\vasa{i5nt,  we  failed  till  further 
Succtfls.  ■  ~''  .  , 

The  way  of  their  prcferving  Meat  is  by  flrip»ping  off  the 
Flcfii  from  (the  Bcncs,  and  drying  them  over  a  Snu  ke  ;  by 
whirh  'tis  kept  found  Months  or  Yeais,  without  Salt. 

We  moved  llill  further  up  theCountry  alter  Moolc  when 
our  Store  was  out  ;  lb  that  by  the  Spring  we  had  got  to 
the  Northward  of  the  LnJy  I^Ionntaitts.  And  when  the 
Spring  came  on  and  the  Rivers  broke  up, jkve  moved  back 
to  the  Head  oi  St.  Johns  Rizcr  ;  and  thwe  madcvCanoes 
of  Moofe- Hides  fewjng  three  or  four  together,  and  pitch- 
ing the  Seams  with  Charcoal  beaten  and  m:Nt  with  Baifcm.- 
Then  we  went  down  the  River  to  a  Place  call'd  M'tJjzie/* ' 
cok  i  there  an  Old  Man  lived  and  kept  a  Ibrt  of  Trading- 
Houfe  :  where  we  tarried  Icveral  Days,  and  went  farther 
down,  the  Pviver  till  We  came  to  the  greatelt  Falls  in  th.cle 
Parts,  called  Cbecanekeperi  :  where  we  carried  a  little  way- 
over  the  Land,  and  putting  off  our  Canoes,  we  went  down 
Stream  dill  ;  And  as  wc  pafs'd  down  bylhe  Mouth  of  any 
large  Branches,  we  faw  Indians  :    but   when    any   Dance 

;  Guitlirr:  i)  liis  Heraldry  rr.ciuions  it  as  tlic  Oinr.ion   ot  ibn-.o    Xutur.iiil!v, 
tliar  they  bring  forth  an  UnformM  Embryo,"   .ind  lick  their  Lic:ci    into 
Sh3pe  :  --  a  grofs  Milbke  '     I  have  feen  their  loctus  otali  Si/.vs, taken  • 
out  of  the  Matrix,  by  the  Indians,  and  they  arc  as  rv.ich,  and  .'S  well 
^hap^d  as  the  Young  of  any  Aiuma]. '    ... 


was 


•         .     (  >'  ) 

f 
was  propofcJ^I  was  bought  off.     At  len^-th  we  nrrivej  nt 
.the  Placc-.whcrc  we  left   cur  Birch  Canats  io  tlie  1m1'  aiid 
putnucBa-gage  into  them,    aiid.vyeiit  in  them    down   to 

■■  »  .      '  ■    ■  < 

!rhe;e  we  planted  Corn  ;  and  after  Pl.intinV,  went'  a 
r;n^:ig,  and  t3  Ino^  tor.acd  dig-Roots  ;  tiil  thlV Orn  ua's' 
ht.  to  W  c/cd  :•  awd-lfter  \\'ceding  •  took',  a  XtcowA  To-.ir  o 
the  Tame  Eriarul,*iiftvf.,rctu«'n'd  to  Ijill  our  Com  ;  an  1  .1*- 
ter  Hilhng,  we  went  ionjc"  .hilancc  from  Jthc  Toit  ,^:  1  i^'d- 
up  the  River,  to  take  Sa!m;;^n, 'ajill  other  riih,"and  drv 
them  tor.  Food  till  Corn  was  fiilM  with  tlic  .Mj;k  :  Som'c  ot 
which  we  tlried  then,  the  other  as  it  ripened..  And  when 
w-e  haJ  gathered  our  Crrn  ar.d  .^ricd  it  ,  we  put!  Tome  i;  t.-> 
•Indian  Barnsf,  i.  e..  in  Holes  in  the  Gr.ound  lin'd  ^- JoveiM 
with  Bark,  a'nd  then  with  Diit.  'J'lie  reit  we -cai-ricd  up 
■  the  R..iver  upon  our  iVcxt  \\  ir.rer-l  l.i.^uing  Thus  COD 
worKlcrfully  favoured  me  and  carried  nic  through  the  iiitl 
Yeacj'of'mv  Captivitv.  ^  . 

r  ?  «^ » A^  ^  .^  Vi/  S^  <i/  v-5y  S^y* .  A^  ^  ^-t^  ^ ,  .^P  ^^  ^^  >, 

C    K    A    p.      II 


5*  .  ^  V 

.'i:>i'"': 


.  Oftbc.ahkji-'c  and  Ihnharous  Trtxnnhiit  ^rhicbhivral 
C:*!ptiics  rnctivitb from  the  IndLins  d^rr,        ',: 

T^]..Hcrt\nny  great  Number  of  Indians,  meet,,,  or  when 
,y  \  nny\aptivcs  have  been  lately-  taken,  c\  when  anv 
Captives  defer t\Kid  are  re'taken,  the  Invhans  have  a  pance'; 
an'l  at  thefc  Daii^s  torture  the  unlnppv  People  wivvfiM 
into  .their  Hands.  My  unfortunate  Brother  Wh>  v.  as  r.-k'.  n 
with  me,  after  about  three  Years  Captivitv,  ikfei'c.l  wi'di 


c  > 


/  ..  i  '^ 


ffti  t!-,.,'  K.i'r^  rill  i[.<  prc;ty  h..;  J,    '.ii\l  ::k  ;i  ;.;'v.-  1;'    -.:,,;    '.":',', 
Cobb  uith  Ll.im-vShfli.'.'ar.i  ilry  it  cii  iv.;!^  '  1  t!c  S..:i  ;      ;•.; 
tluo'iy   I'.rycd,  a  Kernel  >s  no  bii:^!.:-  M.in  -i  i\M,  .ind  would 
.iiui  boil'd  again  it  iwdh  .is  lar£c,\i:.d  t..lL'y  inco:rip.ir.ib'y 
othci:  Corn. 


:n.  n 


;.ri 


-  1  ->     )         ♦ 

\  J 

^  an  Engliriinian  \vlio  was  taken' from  C.»\?T^''?y,nn<l  whs  re- 

taken l)y  the  Indians  at  Xcyj-Ilirkur  and  carried  bark  to 
Venuujl^i  b'^rt  :  where  they  weic  I)Oth  tortbrc'tl  at  a  Suke 
by  Fire  for  ibnic  time,  then  iheir  Xoles  and  iiarswereeuc 
oif,  and  they  made  to  cat  them  ,  after  uhich  they  were 
burned  to  Death  at  the  Stake  ;  'liic  Iiulians  at  the  fjmc 
time  declaring  that  they  wcfljlil  ferve  all  Dcfeitcrs  in  the', 
lame  manner.    'I'hus  they  divert  themrdvcs  in  tiicirDanccb ' 

SrcT.  IT.        On  the  lecond  Spring  of  my  Captivity  my  IndnanMaller 

Ojrhcir  B^i*- jqJ  hjj  Squaw  went  to  Canada  :  but  Tent  me  down  tb.^Ri-  . 
birr-     —  ^  ' 


y.j>')a  ^v/^... '^■^'■j^^'^h  leveral  Intlians  to  the'Fort  i  in  order  to  plantCorn. 
T',</,T,  s«c       'Jhe  Day  before  We  came  to  the  Planting  Field  wc  met  two 
Young  Indian  Men  who  feem'd  to  be  in  great  haitc  :  artcr 
they  had  pafs'd  us  I  underltood  that  they  were  goir^g  with 
an  Exprels  to"  C,jr:jJ^^  and  that  tlicre  was  an  Knglifh  X'tflcl 
at  the  Mouth  of  the  River.      I  not  pcrftd  in  theLanguage, 
nnr  knowing  that  Englifh  VefTcls  traded  with  them  in  time 
ol-  War,  fuppoi'ed  a  Peace  was  concluded  on,  and  that  the 
Captives  would  be  rcleafed  :    and  was  I'o  tranlportcil  with 
the  I"ancy,tfTat  I  flept  but  little, if  at  all,  that  Xighf.      Early 
the  next  Morning  we  came  to  the  Vilhige,  where  the  [ix- 
taly  ended  :    For  I  had  no  foonerl.andtd,  but  thrcCoriour 
Indians  drag'd  me  to  the  great  Wigwam,  uhcre  they  were 
yeliing  arjd  dancing  roun'd  'Jaiiics  AUsafuUr^:i  jcrfej  Man, 
who  was  taken  from  Kr/z^o/^r/'  in  C/ ?'>  Hiy.     'J  his  uai  oc- 
cafioned  by  two  Families  of  C^/ic  »5>^/6;  India^r,";,  who  having 
Jolt  Tome  Friends  by  a  number  6i  Englifh  Fifherincn,  came 
ibme  hundred  of  Miles  to  revenge  themftlvcs  on  the  poor 
Captives  !     Thev  foon  came  to  me,  &  tolTed  me  about  tili  I 
was  almoft  breathlefs,'  S:  then  threw  me  into  the  Ring  to  tny 
fellow  Captive  :  and  took  him  out  again, -and  repeated  their 
Barbarities  to  him.     And  tl>en  1  was  hal'd  ouc  again    l)y 
'     three  Indians,  by  the  Hair  of  my  Head,  and  helil  down  by 
it,  till  one  beat  me  on  the  Bark  &.  ShoultieiS'lb  long  that  my 
^    Breath  was  almoll  beat  out  ipt  my  Body.      And  then  others 
put  a  Tomhake  into  my  Hand,^and  ordered  me  get  up  and 
dance  and  fifg  Indian  :    W'hirh  I  ppr(j^rm'd  with  the  great- 
c/t  rel.uiftance,    a^id  in  tiie  A(5^  fcem'ti  refofure  to  purrhafc 

- _____niyDcat|i,by  killing  twopr  three  of  tholVMonllers.of  Cruelty; 

~'  '  iilliikiiig 


( -  J 


1 


ifiiii!ori!>it'ilr,p"o(Ti';lv:  to  rjr\:vc  their  \,\obi\)^  Trcat:r,:r.r 
li'it  ic  was  inipiclVil  o(i  inyMiiuJ,   i'7/i   fir4  id  fuiti-Pc  I'sf 
lo  take  aiuay  yur  Life  ':  lb  liltfillcd,     'J  l.-.a  tbr.fc  Cr^oSj.- 
' !c  Indians. came  to  nic  ngain  l:kc  Ikais  l),;.rca\-c.l  ct    Jicir 
Whclpi,  'I'lying,  Slill  it:c  .a.!'^  Ijd":ej"it  Relations t-yt'i,  iihs-^ 
^■J'\  i''Jfit-  :^f;  i'''t'ilij>j  Vu'.co  t'jic  lci^rJhui:f:ji  us  f'r,  ■  ']  hJ,i 
th(  \  I  LMt  n'c  pf'iiij  with  thc_\\c  :     'i  hen  I  f^p  n  i  I  tiia'. 
1  h  ul  liot  lent  iv.frrr  three  ofrheni  out  ot  tiia  \\  or.M  l;e- 
lo!C  nif,  tor  I  tho'c  tiMt  1  li-'J  inut  h  rafhc:.(.l>:i:  tli.in  luiTcr 
any  1  \')gcr.     'I'hcy  Icir  inc  the  icco.'ul  tic.c,  arJ  clie  (uhei. 
Lfilians  put  the  Tonihakc  ||  into  my  Hniul  ^gain,  ntidc'om- 
p-41'ci.l  mc  to  fmg  :  ami  then  1   TeemM  Miortj  iclVhr.c  than 
\\  iHnu:  *o  (krhoy  ibn'.c  of  tl;c;n  ;    but  a  luan7,c  r-n.'  ll-nnnr 
linpiihc  that  I  flir'ukl  rcium  to  my  own  Place  ix  People, ',ap- 
prcr:,  t1  it  as  often  as  fuch  a  motion  role  in  my  lircalt.     Not. 
one  of  the  Imlinns  flicw'd  the  Icaft  CompafTion  :    hut  1  law 
the  'J'-cais  riiii  down  plentifully  on  the  Chccl'^  oi  a  l":ench- 
nian  tliti:  fat  behind  ;    whicli  I'id  net  alleviate  th.cTorturcs 
thn  po«r  J. '.Hit's  and  I  were  fotccd  to  endure  frr  the  moll 
pait  of  til!')  t:diou>  Day  i  for  th.cy  were  cc?ntiniied   ti!!  the 
JLvening  :    and  wcie  the  hiolV  fcvcrc  that  cvci-  1   n^ct  with 
in  the  whole  fix  Years  that  l.\Vas  Cr.pti'vc  with  the  Intiu-^ns. 
^--  Alter  they  had  thusitiliii  nanely  abufed  iTs,  two  IndvT:'. 
took'  us  up  and  threw  us  out  ot  ih:\V:c^wam.a;Ti'  v.  e  crav.  icd 
nway  on  our  Hands  6c  I'cct,  &  were  icarcc  able  to  \v.i'!:,c>:c. 
i'or  levcral  IXiys,     Some  tinie  after  they, ^.. in    ronrli'.'lcd 
on  a  merry  Dance,  when  I  was  at  fome  Vlutance  from,  the 
Wigwam  drcfTlng  Leather,  and  an  Indiari  vvas  lb  kJiid-jfTri 
tell  me  th.1t -they  ha(i  got  Jcuncs  W/t\.'//^i£ji,,,--a-fTTrvcre    in 
.learrh  forme.     My  Indi-ati  Ata(icf---aTurhis  Squaw   bicl  mc 
run  as  for  my  Life  into  OjSvrtfmp  and  hide,  and  not  to'  dil- 
covcr  my  fi:]{  lujIeiVttfey  both. came  to  mc,  for  then  I  mirdit 
be  alTilrrfdnTc  Dance  was  over.      I  wasiiow  mailer  of  their 
Language,  an  \  a  W'ordbr  a  \Vi:ik  was  enough  to  excite  me 
to  tike  care  of  O ae.     l- ran  to  the  Swamp,    and  hid  in  t!-.;; 
ihickCit  place  that  1  could  {\nd.     I    heii(l    hollowing   ap..^ 
whSoping  all  around  me  ^  loinetimes  they  palVd  vcr\.'  nc:>r, 


i'h  :  Tn^viivikc  i'M  V\^rli'<cj  VAuU,  tin.-  Sli.ipi.'  of  v,  Iiuli   riv.a    b;-    lun    ' 
°Cjt-s  ot  LhlLvl  'jitri,  fit'.'.ol'ch:;  {■>  :•   Im'i.ii;_Cln'J  •,  •.  \\[<J\  C  .vS  ■■■■  ~  •"<"'''' 

—    '„■:/  ";  ■      —    '.    , — -ir —     ...    — _^-_-: — aad 


/ 


•  *^,    f '♦> 

^<J  1  copid  heit  Jbmc  thrcitcn,  and  otheti  fltttcr  me,  but 
I  WM  not  difposM  to  dance  :  and  if  they  had  come  upon 
■m  I  rcfolv'd  to  (how  them  a  pair  of  Heel?,  and  they  mult 
have  had  good  luck  to  have  catchM  me.  1  heard  no  more 
of  them  tiH  about  Evening  [for  D(thinkl  dcpt]  when  they 
came  again,  calling  Cbo0y  Cbyn,  but  J^fbn  would  not  trull 
them.  After  they  were  gone,  my  Mailer  and  his  Squaw 
i  came  where  they  told  me  to  hide^  but  could  not  find  me  j 

.    end  when  1  heard  them  fay  with  fomc  concern,  that  they 
belicv'd  that  the  other  Indians  had  frighined   i^inio  the 
Woodi,  and  that  1  was  loft  i  1  came  out,  and  rtTcy.feero  d 
well  plcas'd  :  and  told  mc,  that  Jamet  had  had  a  bad  Day 
of  it  ;   that  ei  foon  as  he  was;  released  he  ran  away  into  the 
Woods,&  they  belicvM  he  was  gone  to  iheMobawks.     James 
foon  ^eturocd,  &  gave  mc  a  meianchoilyAccount  of  hisSuf- 
fcrings  :    and  the  Indians  fright  concerning   the  Mobav;ks 
pafs'd  over.     They  often  had  terrible  apprehenfion  of  the 
Incoifion  of  the  Mohawks  *      One  very  hot  Scafon  a  great 
•A  Hrrk  Co  Number  gathered  together  at  the  Village  ;  anfj  bci"g»ycry 
«edy  With  '  droughty  People,  they  kept  Jamts  and  my  feilf  Night  and 
your  Tragc-  Day  fetching  Water  from  a  Cold  Spring,  that  ran  out  of  a    « 
**y-  rocky  Hill  about  three  Quarters  of  a  Mjle   from  the  Fort. 

In  going  thither,  we  crolVd  a  large  Intirval-Corn-Field, 
and  then  a  Defcent  to  a  lower  Interval  before  we  afcendcd 
the  Hill  to  the  Spring.  James  being  almoft  dead  as  well 
I,  with  this  continual  Fatigue,  contrived  to  fright  the  In- 
dians :  he  told  me  of  it,but  conjur'd  mc  toSccrccy,yct  faid, 
he  knew  that  1  could  keep  Counlcl.  The  next  dark  Night 
jfanus  going  for  Water,  fet  his  Kettle  on  the  defcent  to  the 
Joweft  Interval ;  and  ran  back  to  the  Fort,  puffing  &  blow- 
ing, as  in  the  utmoft  Surprize  j  and*  told  his  Matter  that  be, 
y  faw  fomething  near  the  Spring,  that  look*d  WttMobawks  : 

/  t which  he  faid  were  only  Stumps — afidc]  his  Maftcr  being 

a  moft  coaragious  Warrior,  went  with  James  to  make  dif- 
covcry,  and  whcrxi^Wy  came  to  the  brow  of  the  HlU,James 
pointed  to  the  Stumps,  and  withal  toifch*d  bis  Kettle  with 

*  Thde  arc  called  »lfo  A/«^«,a  moa  arobiriouf.haughty  and  blood  thirfly 
'   People  :  from  whom  the  othcrlodians  wkc  thcirMcafurc^  and  Manncri  : 

and  ihcir  Modes  ^d  Changes  of  Drdi  &c.  . 

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his  Toe,  whicfc  give  it  motion  JownHi}!,ar].l  aicvci)  »u,.. 

•fthc  Keltic  the  Bail  clattered  i  upon  Which    James   and 

^  his  MaAcr  cou  d  fee  a  Mobau,'k  in  every  Stump  on  motion, 

fa  y^'i^     !"'  V^  ^"^  ^"  ^^^  ^^^  ^1^"  ^fi^^  coukl  run 
^aftell.     This  alarm  d  all  the  Indians  in  theViJlage.     'i  hey 
/  tho  about  thirty  or  forty  in  number,   packM  off  Bag  niA 
Baggage,  fomc  up  the  Rivcf  and  others  down  ;    and  did 
.not  return  under  fifteen  Days,  and  the  heat  of  the  Wea- 
ther being  finely  over,  our  hard  Service  abated  for  thisSca- 
fon.     I  never  heard  that  the  Indians  underftood  the  Occa- 
fionof  the  Fright,  but  James  and  I  had  many  a  private  . 
Laugh  about  it. 

But  my  moft  intimate  and  dear  Compariion  was  ontjohn     ' 
Lvans,  a  Young  Man  taken  from  ^locbecb}.     We  as  often  ^f  ^t.  III. 
as  we  could,  rnct  together,  and  made  knoWifc^our  Grievan-  °^  .^"i''.^- 
ces  to  each  other,  which  fecm'd  to' cafe  our  Minds  :     but  fie"  dcr?'!i 
When  It  was  known  by  the  Indians,  we  were  ftridly  exa-  Death  &lv 
mined  apart,  and  falfcly  accufed,that  we  were  contriving  to 
defcrt  J  but  we  were  too  far  from  the  sia  to  have  any  tho'c 
of  that :  and  when  theyffiund  that  our  Story  agreed     \vc 
received  noPunifhment.     An  EnglilhCaptive  Girl  abou't  this 
time,  (who  was  taken  by  Medocawando^  would  often  falfcly 
accule  us  of  plotting  to  defert,  but  we  made  the  Truth  fo 
plainly  appcar,that  fhe  was  checked  and  we  releafcd.     But 
the  third  Winter  of  my  Captiv4ty,lie  went  into  theCountry, 
and  the  Indians  impofed  a  heavy  Burden  on  him,    tho*   he 
was  extream  Weak  with  long  Fading  :  and  as  he  was  going 
oflFthe  Upland  over  a  Place  of  Ice  which  was  very  hollow 
he  broke  thro*,  fell  down  &  cut  his  Knee  very  much,  noc- 
~  withftanding  he  travelled  for  fomc  time  :  but  the  Wind  and 
Cold  were  fo  forccabJe,  that  they  foon  overcame  him,  and  ^ 
he  fat  or  fell  down,  &  all  the  Indians  pafs*d  by  him  :  fome 
of  them  went  back  the  next  Day  after  him,  or  hisPack,nnd 
found  him,  with  a  Dog  in  his  Arms,  both  froze  as   ft  iff  as 
a  Stake.     And  all  my  fellow  Captives,  were  dil]perfed  and 
dead  :  but  thto'  infinite  &  unhieritednefs  Goodnefs   I  was 
fupportcd  under,  and  carried  thro*  all  Difficulties.  " 


/ 


CHAP. 


(■'.5  ) 

C^H    A    P.     III. 

Of  further  Difficulties  and  Deliverances, 

Sfcr    I      ^^^^'  Winter  as  we  were  moving  from  Place  to  P.'nce, 
Ot'  a  gear  c-  v^   OUT  Hufitcrs  kill'J  foiuc  Moole  i  ami  one  lying  Tcmc 
fripc  from   Miles  from  our  \\'ig;wams,  a  Young  Indian  &  my  leitwere 
,     I">-;«tl)    by    onkred.to  fetch   part  of  it.       We  fct  out  in  the  .Mori-ii.g 
when  the  Weather  was  promifing,   but   it  prov.ed    a   \cfy 
*  Cold,  Cloudy  Day;     It  was  late  in  the  Evening  wc  arrived 

at  the  Place  where  the  Mopfe  lay  :  fo  that  we  had  no  time 
to  provide  Materials  for  Pire  orShelter.     At  the  lame  time 
a  Storm  came  on  very  thifk  of 'Snow,   and  continued    till 
,  ■  the  next  Morning.     We  made  a  fmall  Fire  with  what  iittle 
Rultbifh  we  could  find  around  us,    which  with  the  heat  of 
our  Bodies  melted  the  Snow  upon  us  as  tail  as  it  fell,    ami 
'  fiU'd  our  Cloaths  with  Water.     Xevertl>elels,  eaily  in  the 
Morning,  we  took  our  Loads  of  Mooie-Flelh,   and  fct  our, 
in  order  to  return  to  our  Wigwams  :  W^e  had  not  travelled 
*  far  before  my  Moofc-Skin  Coat  ^(which  was  the  only  Gar- 

ment that  I  had  on  my  Back,  and  the  Hair  was  in  mofl 
Places  worn  off)  was  froze  ftiiVroundmyKnces  like  aHoop, 
as. likewife  my  Snow-{hoes&  Shoe-clouts  to  my  Feet !  Thus 
I  march'd  the  whole  Day  without  Fire  or  Food  ! ,  at  fi'ft  1 
was  in  great  Pain,then  my  Flefh  numb'd,and  I  felt  at  times 
extrcam  Sick,  and  tho't  jVpuId  not  travel  one  fo^  further  j, 
but  wonderfully  reviv'd  again.  AfterlongtraveHingIfe.lt 
very  drowfy,  &  Ijad  thoughts  of  fetting  down  ;  which  had 
I  done,  without  doubt  I  had  falTn  on  my  final  Sleep  ;  a,s 
my  dear  Companion,  £*y4«J,  had  done  before  ;  for  my  In- 
dian Companion,  being  better  Cloath'd,  had  left  me  long 
before  :  but  again  rily  Spirits  reviv'd  as  much  as  if  I  h^d 
rcceiv'd  the  richcft  Cordial  !  ^  Some  Hours  after  Sun-fet  I 
V  recovered  the  Wigwam,  and  crawl'd  in  with  my  Snow-fhncs 
on.  The  Indians  cry'd  our,  ^te  Captiie  is  froze  to  Death  ! 
They  took  off  my  Pack,  and  where  that  lay  againft  my; 
Ba<^  was  the  only  Place  that  was  not  frozen.  Thelndiars 
c/t  off  my  Shoes,  and  ftript  the  Clouts  from  myFeet, which 
were  as  void  of  feeling  as  any  frozen  Flefh  could  be  :  but  I 
had  not  fat  long  by  u-e  Fire,  before  the  Blood  began  to  cir-  / 

culate. 


(  ':  > 

culatf,  an;l  nn-  Feet  to  my  Ar.k'cs  turriM.K^i  k,  ic  i.vt,,:  i 
with  blordy  Blillrrf,  ar.dv.cre  incxprcjlV.ily  pi;;!-i)'.     'j  J-o 
Indians  laid  one  t-)  another,  ///j  ha:  ::7./  r. ;,  :;;.i  (?-«■,:/  ./..f, 
Ncvcrthelcrs,  I  ilcpt  v/ell  nt  X;ghr.     Sncn  a::cr  t!ic   Skri 
.came  rft'n-.y  feet  trc^rfi  n^y  Ar.k  cs  v.!:-!e  like  a  Sh?f,  ^n^ 
Ic'tt;;7V  Toes  nakc.i  wirhnut  a  Nai),    .ir.J   tl;c  cruis  f>F  ry 
grfit'/rre- Bones  bare,  vhich  in  a  little  tin  c  firnM  1  i'a:k, 
To  thnt  I  was  ol'ilged  to  cut  the  firll  Joint  rti'with  myAnite. 
The  Ir. dims  give  n:cRf!gs  tob-n  !  up  n;y  Vc:\  b:adv:>'j  n;'c 
t:>  .ipp'yrir-b.i!rom,'"UC  withil  laiJ, that  they  btlievM  "t  wis 
n-t  worth  while  to  uf^  means,    f^r  I  Hi^ujd.  certainly  die. 
But  by  the  uic-rfniy  ,I-;bo\ys  and  a  ^t.:]:  in  eajh  Ha:,d,  I 
ilvrv'd  my  Icir  on  my  B-'trom,  over  tlic  Sriou  .tVonv  r  neTrce 
TO  another,  till  I  got  fomc  Fir-f  ri.':on\  i\:cu  !  "jrn'd  it  in  a 
C!am-flie!l  til!  it  wns  of  a  confiilcr^ce  like  SJk»v.,in.3  app'y'-l 
ir  to  my  Teet  antl  /uiklcSj.and  by,  the  divine  B!c;T!rr;  within 
aWcf  k  1  cou'!(]  gn  about  up<^n  myHce!s  with  irySta.^'     And' 
tlirn"  god's  goc(!nfrs,wc  had  i'toyifion  enough^,  Tnthat  we 
c!i  '  not  rcmo\e  under  ten  or  fiirccn  Djvs,  aud  then  thcln- 
r!'ins  mndc  two  litrlc  Hor.ps  lomcth  p':  in  Ycir,  nsa  5n')w- 
{)^■^.c.  n-'.d  Ic'/t'ii  thtnvto  my  Feet.  :  and  I  to.li^w'd.  them  in 
,  th'eir  Track  en  mv  Hee's  f'om  Place  to  Place  ;    irmttimcs 
rhalt  Leg  deep  jn  Snow  Sc  Water,  wlvch  rn\c  i:  c  the  n^Mt 
acjtQ  Pain  ;n].iginab!e,    lut    I  whs  tVrced  to  wa'k   or  (^:e.  ' 
Bjt,  within  a  Year  ny  Feet  wcc  iiitirel^ijiell,  ik.  rh(.X;i''(s 
r;?ne  on  rrly  great  Toe's  :   fo  that  a  very  critical  Fve,roj'd 
)rarrc  perceive  anv  put  mifll^gjOr  that.they  h^id  been  I'rcze 

or  ->!]  I  .     '     ' 


In^Timeof  great  fcarcity  of  Provinope^tlielndians'chas'd  ^\ 
a  large  Moofe  irto  the  River  and  kilTd  him  ;  and  brought  . 
t!ie  Flefh  to  the  Village,,,  and  laid  itch  a  ScafFcldin  a  large 
Wigwam,  in»order  to  make  a  Feall.  I  was  very  officious  in 
fuppX  ing  them  with  Wood  iic  Water,  which  pleaied  thf  m 
To  well,  that  they  now  6c  then  gave  me  a  piece  of  Fltfl-.  h  ilf 
boil'd  or  roafted, which  1  did  cat  with  cagerneis :  and- 1  doubt 


M 


m 


OT    TT. 
r:i    r-y, 


without  great  Thankfulnefs  to  the  divine  Bx-ing...  whorVo' 
extraordinarily  fed  me  !  ---At  length  the   Scaffold  brrkc, 
and  one  large  Piece  fell  and  knock'*-'  me  on  the  Head  [the 
Indians  faid.that;  I  laydlun'd  a  confidcrable  time]  the  fi:il. 
"^    '  F     .  I 


(  »^ ) 

^  I  Nvaslcnfibl*  of  was  a  murmuring  Noiic  in  my  Ears,  then 

my  Sight  gradually  rcturnM,  with  an  cxtrcam  Pain  in  my 
Head, which  was  very  much  Lruircd,and  it  was  long  before 
1  recovered,  th©  Weather  being  very  yot. 

Sfct    Iir^     ^  ^^'^*  once  with  an  Indian  fiflVing  for  Sturgeon, thclndian 
cfom  drow-  dar.tingonc,  his  Feet  flipt  and  turn'd  the  Canoe  bottom  up- 
ni:i:;   bv  rhc  wards,with  mc  under  it  j  holding  fall  the  Crofs-bar  (for  I  * 
o'.Mil-ttin^'of  j-Qyijj  not  Swim)  with  my  Face  to  t-he  bottom  of  theCanoc. 
aCiaoj.        jj^^  J  ^^j^j^'^^  p^y  j'j.]f  J,, J  J  i^q\  ,„y  Breall   to  bear  on  the 

CrolVbar  :  cypcclirig  every  Minute,  that  the  Indian  wouM 
have  tow'd  me  to  the  B^iiik  :  But  he  h.id  ctler  FiJIj  to  Fry ! 
Thus  I  continued  a  quarter  of  an  Hour  without  want  of 
Breath,  founding  for  Bottom,  till  the  Current  drove  mc  on 
a  Rocky  Point,  where  1  ^.o'ul.l  rcnchBottom  i  there  I  llopM 
and  lurn'd  up  my  Canoe.  I  lookM  for  the  Indian,  and  he 
/was  half  a  Mile  diftant  up  the  River.  1  went  to  him, and" 
ask'd,  Why  he  did  not  tow  mc  totheBank,  feeing  he  knew 
tjiat  1  could  not  Swim  ?  He  faid  he  knew  that  1  was  un- 
der the  Canpe,  for  there  were  no  Bubbles  any  where  to  be 
leen,  &  that  I  fhould  drive  on  thePoint  :  therefoie  he  toi^k 
rare  of  his  fine  Sturgeon,  which  was  eight  or,  ten  Feet 
long. 


Sfct.  IV.       — -Fifhing  for  Salmon  at  the  Fall  of  about  fifteen  Feet  of 

Anorhcr  Jn-  Water,  there  being  a  deep  Hole  at  the  foot  of  the  Fall  j  the 

aiticc  ofprc-  Indians  went  into  the  Water  to  wafli  themfelves,  &  asked 

i'roin  drown-  ^^  ^°  6°  '"  ^^^^  them.     I  told  them  that  lcoi>Id  notSwim. 

"^"g-  They  bid  me  ftrip  [which  Nvas  done]    and  dive  acrofs  the 

deepcft  Place,  and  if  1  fell  fhort  of  the  other  fide^they  faiil 

they  wpuld  hftlp  mc.     But  inftcad  of  diving  acrols  the  nar- 

roweft,  I  was  crawling  on  the  bottom  into  the  deepellPlace  : 

but  not  feeing  me  rife,   and  knowing  where-abouts  I  was, 

by  thebubling  of  the  Water  ;  a  young  Girl,  dove  into  the 

Water,  and  feizing  me  by  the  Hair  of  my  Head,  drew  me 

out :  otherwifc  I  had  perifhed  in  the  Water  f. 


I  Tho'  both  Male  and  Female  may  be  in  the  Water  at  a  Time,  they  have 
each  of  them  more  or  Icfs  of  ihcif  Cloaths  oii;  and  behave  with  the  ut- 
,  •'^oft  Charity  and  Modcfty. 

V  While 


( 'S) 


"V 


\ 


\V*hiIc  at  the  IndianVillagCjI  haJ  Lcen  cuttir.gWoo.?,,ir»A  S..  i.   \  . 
nasbinc)if)g  it  up  with  nn  Indian- Hope  in  onki  to  catr*)'  it  *"   "".V  *!"'  ' 
to  the\Vi^wam,whcn  a  llout,  ill-narui\l  ynungTclIow  nloui  !;J,*..'[  i',';,  g.  /^ 
20  Years  of  Age,  threw  inc  backward, laron  m)Drcail,ntul  M  .:''.'iv.l../ 
pulling  out  his  Rnife,  laid  that  he  would  kill  nic,  fdr  he  h.il       '  y"^ 

never  yet  kili'd  an  ILrygiifh  Perl'on.      I   told    hlni    that    he  ^     I 

might  go  to  Wap^  ami  that  would  be  more  Manly,  th.i'uto  '       *  * 

kill  a  poor  Captive  who  was  doing  iheirDruJgcry  Ibrthcni. 
Notwithilanding  all  that  I  could  lay,  he  began  to  cut  ik  llal> 
me  on  myBreaft.  1  Itiz'd  him  by  theHair,ik  tumbled  him 
fronl  off  me  on  his  B.uk,  &  tollow'd  him  with  mv  Tilt  af;.l 
Knee  lb,  that  he  prclcntly  laid  he  had  enough  i  'bu*.  " 
when  1  law  the  Blood  ryn  Si  tcit  the  Smart,  I  at  hima'g.iiu 
and  bid  him  get  up  and  not  lie  there  like  a  D.'>p:,---to!d  him 
of  his  former  Abul'es  offered  tome  iic  o:hcr  p^mr  Captives, 
ai.d  that  if  ever  he  offered  the  like  to  me  again,  luoulJpay 
him  double.     I  lent  him  before  mr,  took  up  my  Burden  of  I 

•Wooi),?^  came  to  thclndians  and  told  them  thd  wholcTruth'i 
and  they  commended  me  :  Anil  1  don't  rememl)cr  that  ever 
he  oftered  mc  the  Icalt  Abufc  afterward  ;  tho'  he  was  Ug 
enough  to  have  difpatchcd  two  of  me.  '  I  pray  GOD  !  1 
may  never  be  forgetful  of  his  wonderlulGoodncrs!  and  that; 
iheie  Inrtances  may  excite  others    in    their  AdvctTjtics  to  .       , 

make  their  Addrefles  to  the  Almighty  ;  and  puttheitCon- 
fidence  in  Him  in  the  ufe  of  propcr*^'AIeans^ 

OO^^^C&OCSOC^C^g  DOC  QQC  ^'^^m/Z^Q yQi? .  J I 

,    C    H    A   p.     IV.       / 

of  rc/}iarkab!e  Events  of  Providence  id  the  Deatls  if- 

feveral  barbaroiis^Indkns. 

•'  ...     .    ♦ 


THE  Prieft  of  tl-fis  River,,  Avas  of*  the  order  St.Fratich^  Srcv.  T. 
a  Gentleman  of  a  humane,  generous  Dilpofition  :  it)  TIh-  DL-.irhs 
his  Sermons  he  moft  feverely  reijuchcnded  the  Indians  for-^'*  V"r,  "'' 


their  Barbarities  to  the  Captives :  he  would  often  tell  them,'  ^^..v.  iiui'i.my 
tnat,  excepting  their  Errors  in  Religion,  the  EngliOi  were  n^cnionoi. 

(-a  fetter  People  than  themfelves  ;  and  that  God  v.-ojld  re-  Cli.II.Sc'ftn. 

^atkably  punifh  fuch  cruel  Wietches,   and  had  begun  to  . 

•    •.■'..  -^        executor ^, 


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execute  his  \  criscnncc  upon  luclij  He  gave  .in  Account 
oi  the  Retaliations  of  Providence  to  thole  inunlcrousC;/^^-- 

^Sab/chuhAns  above  mcntioncil.  One  of  whom  r^n  n  Sphn- 
ter  into  his  Toot,  v.hii  b  fcftciM  nn.1  rotted  hs  Flcfh  till  it 
kiii'd  him.  Another  rah  a  rifli-borc  into  hcrHand  orArm, 
and  flie  rotted  toDcath,lnot\viihltaiuV:ng  allMcans  that  were 
ulVd.     In  Ionic  fuch  manner  they  all  died,  To  that  not  one 

^of  chofe  two  Fanrilics  lived  to  return  home.  Were  it  not 
for  this  Remark  of  the  Ptieftj  I  fl^.ould  not,  perhaps,  have 
madd^the  Oblprvation.    '  "       \    "'■'    '      - 

T/herc  wnsan  old  St^^w  who  ever  endeavoured  to  out- 

IT.   do  all  othtfjTS  in  Cruelty  SiCnptivcs.     Where-evcr  flie  came 

H.ir-into  a  Wigwan),  where  a-ny  poor  naked   llarvcd  Ciptivcs 

(JlvT  ^vgfc  fittirig  near  the  Fite  j   if  they  were    grown   Perf.MV, 

fiic  would  privately  take  up  a  Shovel  of  hotCoals,  Rethrow 

them  into  their  Bofom  ;  or  Young  Onc«,  flie  wouKl  take  \y 

the  Har/id  or  Leg,  and  drag  them  thro'  the  Fire  &c.     'Jhe 

Indians  accordins:  to  their  Cullom  left  their  Villasie  in  the 

,    i     Fall  of  the  Year  and  difperfed  themfelves  fpr  Hunting, and 

"     after  the  firrt  or  fecond  removal,    they  all  {trnngelv  torgat 

that  old  Squaw  and  her  Grand^n  about  Twelve  Years  .of 

'    '*  Age.     They  were  found  dead  in  the  Place  where'they  were 

Jefr,  fome  iMonths  afterward,   and  no  furthcrmotice  taken 

"    of  them.    .This  was  very  mwi  obrcrvcd  by  thePrieft  ;  ^nd 

'Fecm'd  rtrange  to  all  that  heard  it^ for  the  Indians  were  ge- 

'    nerally  very  careful  not  to  leave  their  Old  or  Youngi 

Ip  the  latter  part  of  Summer,  or  beginning  of  Autumn, 
SrcT.  111.  the  Indians  were  frequently  frighted  by  ^he  Apprearance  of 
Of  a  P-aguefjranse  Indians  pafline  up  &  down  this  River  inCanoes.and 
°         about  that  Time  the  next  Year  Qied  more  than  One  Hun- 
dred Perfons  of  Old  &  Youqg  :  ^11  or  mdft  of   thole   that 
faw  thofe  ftrange  Indians  !     The' Prieft  faii^,  that  it  was  a 
lort  of  Plague.      A  Perfon  feeming  in  perfec^Health,  would  . 
bleed  at  the  Mouth  &  Nofe,  turn  blue  in  Spots,  and  die  in 
two  or  three  Hours      [It  was  very  tedious  to  me  who  was 
forced  to  move  from  Place  to  Place  this  cold  Seafon.    The 
Indiatis  applied  red  Oker  to  my  Sores,  which   by    GOD's 
Bleffing  cured  me.]     The  Indians  all  fcattered,  it  being  at 


,  /    '*'-. 


the  wf  ilVnsWintcr  cr.mc  on  j  .-vn n  the  IjI.mv  wns  hi  grcnt  that 
tiic  IiKlKins  iliilr.o.r  Settle  oi  ri.iiu  at  ihc  Vjll.igt;  u  ;jiic  Twas 
on  theRivcr,an(l  1  know  not  whether  they  have  toiliisDay  ! 
Bcir.rf  tlity  thus  Jeicrtcd  the  Village,  whciyt^iey  came 
in  ficni  Hunting,  they  >Y-oulil  be  drnjik  ^ind  fight  for  Jeve- 
ral  i>a\s  an.i  Ki;;lu.>  together, -till  tlicy  liaJ  Ipciit  moll  cf 
their  ."-k. '.MS  in  \\  ir.c  ^  lirandy,  \\h:Lh  was  brou^ic  to  the 
\'i!lagc  by  a  I'lenc  h  Man,caii\l  MoriTicur  Sje/JU'/u-'cr. 

M^  •'■. tl  -  ■'  •* '^'  •"■•  yf'-  '^•'  "T  •'J'  \?-  '^  >t'  "  *  f  *'  •^  •'?^  •^  >»r  lb  .-^  ^  .f. 
'    C    li   A    P.      V. 


i 


THE  Indians  arc  \  icy  often  rurpr'.^Ci]  with  thcAppea- 
,  ranc^"t>ivGhoits  6c  Demons  ;  'iuul  I'ometimcs  encoil- .^.'^ 
ra^cij  by  the  D^fil,  \or  they  go  to  iiim  lorSucccl's  inHunt-  ^^;i 
ic.^  &*'     I  w;as  once  Hujitiiig  with  Ir.iiiai.s  wha  were  not 

.  btought  over  to  the  Romifli  I'aith  :   aiul  niter  J'cvcral  Da'ys 
Hunting  they  propoled  to  inquiie^.ncconiing  to  thc^rCuitom, 
what  SucceJs  th\'y  fliould  have.   ,  '|hey  ■according'lv  picpa- 
reii  many  Hot-Stones,  and  laid  thc/n    in  an  heap,  v?«:  made  - 
a  Iniall  Hutt  coverc'd  with  Skins  &c  .Matts,  and  then  in  the 
dark  Night  fttoof  the  Powaus  went  into  tliis  Hot-Houfc 
with  a  largcT cfl'cl of  Water, which  atTimes  they  p:-)urcd  oix 
thole  hot  Roc  ks, which  ra'lld  a  thick  Steam,  To  that  a  thi  d. 
Indian  was  oblig  d  to  (land  wlthour,  and  lite  up  a  Matt,  to  ' 
g've  it  vent  when  they  were  alinoilVuftVcittd.     'l"hcrc\\^s 
an  oldSc^uaw  who.  wa3  kind  to  Captives,  and  never  i.>in\i 
with  them  in  their  Powawine.to  whom  I  manifelled  an  car- 
rcll  ilefne  to  lee  their  jManagement  :  She  told  me,  that  it" 
they  knew  of  my  being  there, they  would  kH  me,  and  that 
when  file  was  a  Girl,   (\\e  had  knf>vvn  Young  Perrons'  to  I  e 
tnken  away  by  an  hairy  Man  :  and  therefore  ftic  would  not 
advifc  me  to  gn,1e(t  the-l^a^i^tyATin  fliould  carry  me  away.      I 

'told  her  that  I  was  not  afraid  of  that  hairy  Man,  nor  could 
he  hurt  me  if  flie  would  not  dilcover  me  to  the  Powa'ws, 
At  length  flfe  pro'mifed  that  flie  would  not,  but  charge/:  >vc 
to  be  cjieful  of  my  felf.  —  I  went  within  three  or  four  lect 

of  the  Hot.-Houfe,  for  it  was  very  dai)N',  and  heard  iVfangc ^ 

/G  ..  .  Noiies'-- 


cr.   I. 

tlicir  Po- 

t 


( i^ ) 


\ 


Noifes  &  Y^llings,  fuch  as  I  never  heard  before.  AiTimcs 
tie  Iiuiia^j -who  teddcii  without  would  lift  up  the  Malt, ami 
a  Steam  rife  up,  which  look'il  like  Fire  in  the  dark.     1  lay 

•  theie  two  or  three  Hoiws,  but  law  none  of  their  hairy  ^^cn 
or  Demons  :  And  when  1  found  that  they  hail  finifiied  their 
Ceremony,  I  went  to  ihcWigwam, and  told  thcSquaw  what 
had  palVd;  who  was  glad  that  1  return'd  without  hurt  j  and 
never  difcover'd  what  I  had  done.  Alter  fonie  time, inquiry 
wjs  made,  what  Succefs  we  were  like  to  have  in  our  Hunt- 
ing ?     The  Powaws  faid,  that  they  had  very  likely  Signs  of 

*  Succefs,  but  no  real,  vifible  AppVarance  as  at  other 'limes. 
A  few  Days  after,  we  moved  up"the  River,  and  had  pret- 
ty good  SuccelV. 

*  One  Afternoon  as  I  was  in  a  Canoe  with  one  of  the  Po- 
waws, the  Dog  baik'J,  afid  prefently   a  Moofe  pafs'd  byy,...^^^^ 
within  a  ^t^^  Rods  of  us,  fothatihe  Waves  which  he  made 
by  wading  rpH'd  our  Canoe  ;   the  Indian  fhot  at  him,   but 
the, Moofe  took  very  little  notice  of  ir,  and  went  into  the 
Woods  to  the  Southward  :  the  Fellow  faid,  Vll  try  jj  I  can't ;    ■! 
fct-cb  you  back^  for  all  yciir  bajle.     The  Evening  following,    ' 
we  built  our  two.  Wigwams  on  a  Sandy  Point  on  the /upper  • 
End  of  an  Ifland  in  theRi ver,Northwert  of  the  Place  w  here 
the  Moofe  went  into  the  Woods  :  and  the  Indian  powaw'd 
the  greatcft  part  of  the  Night  following,  and  in  th^Morn- 
ing  we  had  the  fair  track  of  a  Moofe,  round  our  Wigwams, 
tho'^^we  did  not  fee  or  tafte  of  it.  — -  lam  of  Opinion,that: 
the  Devil  was  permitted  to  humour  thofe  unhappy  Wret- 
ches fometimes,  in  feme  things.  X 

Sect.  II.  \     An  Indian  being  fome  Miles  from  his  Wigwam,  andthe 
An  Inftance  Weather  being  warm,  he  fuppofcd  the  Hedgg- Hogs  would 
of  the  Devil's  come  out  of  their  Den,  he  way-laid,  the  MoTlrh-t?l<4*Jtill 
Indiln"^  '''' ^^^^  at  Night.   [See  Chap.  6.  StGt-  3.]     They  not  coming^ 
.out  a^  ufual,  he  was  going  home,   but  had   not  paffed  far, « 
before  he  faw  a  Light  like  a  Blaze,,  at  a  little  dillance  be- 
fore him,  and  darting  his  Sp<^  at  it,   it  difappc^red  j  then 
on  the  Bank  of  the  River,  he  neard  a  loud  Laughter,  with 
a  noife  like  a  ratling  in  a  Man'sThroat.     The  Indian  railM 

' ^       atjthc  Demon  whom  he  fuppos'd  made  th'e  Noife,  calling  it 

'  .'■'~~-      7*f°^^*^^P'"^of  fioSubftance&c.     He  continued  to  hear  the  . 

Noife 


(^3) 

Noife  and  fee  ths  Light  'till  he  came  into  the  Wigwa^p, 
which  he  entreil,  in  his  hunting  Habit, wiihSiiow- (liot  a  a.-jd 
ail  on  i  lb  frighted,  that,  it  was  Ibnic  time  betbie  he  could 
fpeak  10  relate  what  had  happened. 

That  it  may  further  appear  ho*v  much  they  were  delu.'ed,  c,^.      jp 
or  under  the  Influence  of  Satan,    read    two  Stories  which  ■['''.,_,   i;c.i.a\ 
were  related  aiul  believed  by  the  Indians.    .  ''l\»bkv.. 

The  firll  J  of  a  Boy  who  was  carried  away  by  a  largcBirl 
called  a  Quiloua,  who  buildcth  her  Nefl-on  an   high  Rock  ■^,'^^"/:'''.'^'? 
or  Mountain.     A  Boy  was  Hunting  with  his  Bow  &  Arrow  a,'^i'rc:um'd 
r.t  the  Foot  of  a  Rocky  Mountain,  when  the  Gull.uia  came  by  .i  G.'./A.v.r. 
diving  thro'  the  Air,  graTpM  the  Boy  in  her  Talons  ;  and 
tho'    he  was  eight  or  ten  Years  of   Age,    flie  Ibar'd  aloft, 
and  laid  liim  in  her  Nelt,"  ia:  JPrey  for  hei  Young  ;  where  the 

.  Boy  lay  conflantly  on  his  Fac'e,  but  would  lojk  fometimcs 
under  his' Arms  and  faw  two  Youne;  Ones  with  much  ridi 
n[id  Flefli  fn  the  Neft,  and  the  old  Bird  conftantiy  bringing 
more.     So- that  the  young  Oi>cs  not  touching  him,  the  old 
One  clawM  him  up  and  let  him  where  flic  found  him  ;  who 
returned,  and  related  the  odd  Event  to  his  Friend?.     As  I 
have,  in  a  Canoe,  pafs'd  near  the  Mountain,    the  Indians 
have  laid  to  nVe,  ST/^crt  is  the  Nejl  of  the  great  Bird  that  cat-         '   v. 
riedjhc  Boy  away  :     And  there  feCm'd  to  be  ^  great  num- 
ber of  Sticks  put  together  in  form  of  a  Nell  on  the  Top  of 
the  Mountain.     At  another  time  rhey  faid  ;    7'bere  is   the     ■ 
BirJ,  but  be  is  now,  as  a  Boy  to  a  Giant,  to  what  he  was  in  \ 

former  Days.     The  Bird  which  they  pointed  to, was  a  large 
Jpeckled  Bird,  like  ati  Fagle,  tho'  Ibmewhat  larger. 
,         The  other  Notion  is.  That  a  young  Ipdian  in  hi.sHuDting  ^^  ^^^   ., 

,  wns  belated  and  loft  his  Way,  and  on  aTuddcn  he  v,;is  in-  v,.,s 'cnrcr- 
troduced  to  a  largcVVigvvam  full  of  dry'd  Eels,wliich  piov'd  t  inM  by  J 
to  be  a  Beaver's  Houlc,  in  whic.h  he  liv'd  till  thejSpring  of  ^  •'>  -  , 
theYear,whcn  he  was  turned  out  of  the  Houfe,  and  fet  up^ 
on  a  Beaver- Damm,  and  went  Home,  and  related  the  Affile 
to  his  FrieniiSj.at  large. 


■« 


Vs'/KM  (icm  ilic  Mouiuriin-Tivos,  witli   Iiidcous  Ciy^ 
/\n(i  clutcnn':^    VVinr;s   tlic,  H.ai^iy   H.irpics  ,fly  : 

^'liey  Sr.arch'j -• 

■ -And  Vilicilicr  GdJ-,  or  niVils  obllcnc   ilicy  were, 


( Jur  VQttiJiJr- 


.CXCi 


fr4<:v 


pi'>V>?'s 


Vu 


CHAF. 


W   M  ) 

CHAP.     VI. 

■    A  Description  of  freer d' Creatures  coimr.only  uken ^ 
by  the  hidians  on.'Si.  ]o\\n'^^^\\ci. 

npHE   Bea-cer  has  a  very  thick  (Irong  Neck,   his   fore 
SicT    T.        J[     Tteih,\vhlch  arc  two  in  the  L'pper,and  two    iii  the 
{>rtl)c  fl'.t-  yj^^^^j  .  ^^.^  arc  concave  and  (harp  likL  a  Carpcntei'sGooge. 
Their  fidcrTeeth  arc  like  a  Sheep's,  tor  they  chew  theCuvr 
'X^hcrr^^grTtTC-flwty^hc-etaws  1^^  In^ger   thnn  in 

^--^^  /other  Creatures  ;   the  N\tils  on  the  Toes  ot  their  hind  1-cet 
are  flat  like  an  Ape's,  but  ioinM  together  by  ,a  N.embranc 
"as  «holV.  of  Water  Fow!,  their  Tails  broad  and  fjjt  hke  the 
broad  End  of  a  Paddle.     Near  their  Tai's  they  have  four 
^  Bhtrles,  two  of  which  contain  0;1,    the    other   Gum,    the 

necks  of  thefe  meet  in  one  rommoxi  Orifice  i    the   latter  ct 
fhcle  contain  the  proper  Callorum,  and  not.  the  Ttibcles,as 
fome  hive  fancied,  for  the  Tellicies  are  riillind  &:  kperate 
from  thelc,  in  the  Males  only  ;  but  the  Caftcrum  and  Oyl- 
Bottles  arc  common  to  Male  and  Female.      With  this  Oyl 
and  Gum  they  preen  themfclves,  fo  that  when  they  come 
out  of  the  Water  it  runs  off  them,  /s  it  doth  off  a  Fowl. 
They  hav^e  four  Teats,  which  are  on  their  B.ealb,  fo  that 
^     -_      thev  l:ug  up  their  Young,  and  Vickie  them,  as  Women  do" 
their  Infants.     They  have  generally  t\^o    and    fomet.mes 
four  in  a  Litter.     1  have  feen  feven  or  five  in  the  Matrix  : 
.    but  the  Indians  think  it  a  Itrange  thing  to  find  fo  many  in 
n  Litter,  and  they  aflcrt,  that  when  it  fo  happens,  the  Dam 
kills  all  above  four.     They  are  the  mofl  laborious  Creatures 
that  I  have  met  with.     I  have  known  them  to  buildDamms 
acrofs  Rivers  which  were  thirty  or  forty  Perch  wide,  with 
^Vood  &  Mud,  fo  as  to  flow  many  Aeries  of  Land  :   in  the 
decpeit  pare  of  a  P«nd  fo  raifed,  they   build  their   Houfcs 
round  in  the  Figure  of  an  Indian  Wigwam,  eight  or  ten 
Feet  in  height,  and  fix  or  eight  Feet  diameter  or)  theFloor  ; 

which  is  mude  defcending  to  the  Water,  the  Parrs  near  the 

Center  about  four,  and  near  theCircumferencc  between  ten 

and  twenty  Inches  above  the  Water  :  Thefe  Floors  arc  co- 

-.——^-^    vercd  with  drippings  of  Wood  likcShavings  i  on  thcle  they 

'  flcep  with\iheir  Tails  in  the  Water,  and  if  the  FrelhJts  rife 

1  >  •  they 


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thev  I'.ave  the  av!vntitn!2;c  rf  rifii>'T 


£3 


-  (•  •  •    5 


elt  p.-irt.  'Ihcy  feed  cm  ihe  Leaves  ani  Br.:k  ti'TreC':  and 
Pcncl-Liii) -Roots.  la  ilic  Ta!!  cr  the  Year.tlicy  Jiv  in 
their  Provifion  for  the  approachirg  \\  ir.te.r  ;  cutrfn:^  thv.n 
I'rccs  great  and  final!,  \\\h  civz  t.'.a  in  tl.cir  3.Ic'Jths  thev 
drag  their  Brar  ches  near  to  their  Hoqfc,  and  fin!:  many 
CorJs  of  it.  ['1  hey  will  cut  down  Treves  cf  a  I'athom  in 
Cifcuiniercncc. J  'ihcy  have  Dcors'  tn  rr,  dov>a  to  the 
Wood  un('er  the  Ice,  and  in  c:s!e  the  TrUhirs  ri.e-^  break 
.(^ownaiu!  c.irr>-  olf  their  i'lorc  ot  \\'r>,\',  i!.. y  oicc^  ftarvc. 
They  h.ivc  a  Note  for  ccMweifm-:,  CTliing  £:  warning  each 
oiiicfjuhcn  ;.t\'\'f  !k{':l\u!iiic;  ;  li  while  they  are  at -Labour 
they  keep  ou:  a  Gu.iid,  t.ho  up-n'thc  Hn":  1-;)^:qM\  of  an 
J'ncmv.ti)  llrik^s  ih^-  \\\c^  with  it'i  Tail,  t.uc  h|/m?.y  be 
l)C-sitd  half  a  Mile  ;  wlijli^o  alarn'.ithe  r.:b,  thai-^hcy  are 
all  fi'citt,, quit  their  Labour,  and  r.fc  tc  '^;j  feen  no  nore 
ior  ilut.'f  ir.ic.  And*if_ti'.j  Mrde  or  Fen-a!e  die,  the  fur- 
yiving  fecks  a  Mate,  uiui  trr.ducls  !i;m  c:  her  to,  their 
llouiv',  and  cui-y  on  AfF.iiiS  as 


;bjV.. 


v.r/w. 


The  Ii'/h'.v:K  is  a  very  fierce  and  nvif^liievou:  Creatut,e  :  Srcr.  IT. 
about  the  biguefs  of  a  middling  Dog,  having  fhort  Legs,  U:  \\\z  U'd- 
bro.id  Ic. t,  &:  very  nhiipCIdwa  ^  and  in  n:y  Opinion  may 
L)B  icck'oned  a  vSpecies  ot  Cat5,  They  will  climbTrees, and 
wait  for  Mnofe  and  otiuT  Creatu.cs\ho  (ctA  b^low,  and 
when  an  Opportunity  prcfcnts  jump  and  ftnk;^  their  Claws 
in  thcni  fo  tait,  that  they  will  i)ing  cn'thcm  'till  they  have 
gnaw'd  the  main  Nerve  of  the  Ntckaiundsr,  iSctheCrea- 
ture  dies.  1  have  known  mahy  Moofe  kiir..i*  thus,  I  \yas 
once  travellin.g  a  little  way  behind  fcveral  Indians,  &  hea  d 
them  Laughing  very  merrily  :  when  I  came  to  thern,  thev 
flicwM  me  the  Track  of  a  Moofe,  and  how-  :i  IVdierinh^A 
ciimb'd  a  Tue,  and  where  he  had  jump'd  off  upon  the 
Mooie  i  and  the  Moofe  had' given  feveral  large  Lcap-jnnd 
h'ippening  to  come  under  a  Branch  of  a  Tree,  h^d  brrke 
the  IV  ivenh's  hold  and  to'^e  him  o.T  :  and  I  y  h'.s  Tra:  k  in 
the'Snnw,,he.  Went  nif  another,  with  fiioitftcp?,  as 


/ 


been  lluu'd  with  the 


i^Iow. 


he  had 

The  In.:ians  u  ho  impute  forh 


Accidenrs  to  the  cunni"s:  of  the  Creature,  v.  crc  wcriiier- 
fully  plca'c  1  that  the  Moofe  fnoulu  J|hus  out-\vi:  the  m'l- 
chicvous  Wolvcrt/i !  ''~~~  '         '.         ^— — 


(16) 

Thefc  UM'cerins^  go  into  Wigwams  which  have  been  left 
for  any  Time,  fcatter  the  Things  abtoa(i,and  nicft  filthily 
pollute  them  with  Ordure.  1  have  heard  the  Iiidians  fay, 
that  they  have  halM  their  Guns  from  under  their  Heads, 
while  they  were  alleep  ;  and  left  them  fo  defii'd!  An  Irv 
dian  told  me,  that  having  left  his  Wigwam  with  fundry 
Things  on  the  Scaffold,  among  which  was  a  Birch-Flajk 
with  Icveral  Pounds  of  Powder  in  it  :  At  their  return  they 
were  much  furpriz'd  and  grievM,  for  a  light  Snow  had  fal- 
len, and  a  iVohirin  vifits  their  Wigwam,  mounts  the  Scaf- 
fold, and---to  plundering,  heaves  (iown  Bag  &  B.iggnge  ; 
the  Powder  happ'ned  to  fall  into  the  Fire,  which  fili'd  the  . 
U^olverin's  Eyes,  and  threw  him  and  the  Wigwam  Tome 
Rods.  At  length  they  found  the  blind  Creature  rambling 
backward  and  forward,  had  the  fatisfadion  of  kicking  and 
beating  him  about,  .which  in  great  meafure  made  up  their 
l^ofs  :  and"  then  they  could  coiitentcdly  pick  upnheii;Uten-  . 
fils,  and  rig  out  ih&ir  Wigwam  ! 

Sftt.  Tir.       Our  Hedge-Ho^  or  Urchin  is  about  the  bignefs  c^?  a  Hog 

Oi thtHedpt-  of  fix  Months  old,    his  Back  and  Sides  and  Tail  are  tuil  of"^ 

Hog  trtrriw.  j^jrp  Quills,  fo  that  if  anyCreaiure  approach, they  will  con- 

tradk  tbemfelves  to  a  globular  Form  ;  if  a  Creature  attack 

them,  thofe  Quills  are  fo  fhap  and  lole  in  their  Skii?s  that: 

the,y  fix  in  the  Mouth  of  theAidvcrfary  and  leave  their  owq 

'  Skin.     They  will  ftrike  with  great  force,  with  their  Tails ; 

fo  that  whatever  falls  ufidcr  tie  lafh  of  them,  are  certainly 

'fili'd  with  their  Prickles  :    But  that  they  (hoot  their  Quills, 

as  fome  aflfert  they  do,  is  a  great  miftake  as  x.oiht At7iericjtJ^ 

and  I  believe  as  to    the   ylfrican    Hedge-Hog  or   P:rcupir.e 

ahb  ;    as  to  the  former  I  have  taken  tjiem  at  all  SeafoDSof 

.  the  Year.     See  Chap.  5.  Se6t.  2. 

SfcCf.  ly.  It  is  needlefs  to  defcribe  the  frefh- water  T'orUife^  whofe 
Qt  the  -Jfr-Form  is  fo  well  known  in  all  Parts :  but  their  way  of  pro- 
pagating their  Species  is  not  fo  univerfally  known.  I  have 
cbferved  that"  fort  whofe  Shell  is  about  fourteen  or  fixtcen 
Inches  wide  :  in  their  Coition  or  Treading  they  may  be  • 
heard  half  a  Mile,  making  a  noife  like  a  Woman  wafhing 
— — 4jcr  Lir.nen  with  a  batting  Staff — .  They  lay  their  Eggs  in 

~  the 


U.t 


\_ 


(^7) 


the  Sind  ;  neir  r.yn2  Jsep  iVliW.irsr,!^)^:  i  .   .  ,:  '..  . 
the  fufface  of  the'  Sin  1      Xnsy  art;  very  curijjj  ia  :dv£:- 
ing  them  w/.h  the  S.ri  1,  V)  th.u  ihcre/is  not  the  Ici  t  va'.k- 
tu;-e  of  it  aiTiongil  tiu'in  ;  hk  the  le.!:!:  rifi.i^;  nr  S\  i  Ion  tij 
leach  svhercth-y  lii  :    I  have  oiicii  icarchM  fjr  them  w  -h  , 
the\|n.liariS,  by  charltitrg  a  Siick  into  the  Sirid,   s'jjj:  :::c 
BeecrKnt  random,'  aa.i    brojght  up   fome  put  of   an  I>^ 
clingifigXo  it  :  aa.i  uncovering  the  Place  have  fojn.l  near 
an  hjnJrejN&  fifcy  in  one  X-jit.     B:)th-.:h:ir  Eggs  &  Flcfh 
are  goo.i-EatiHg  when  boilM  &c.  ,  I  have  obierve.l  a  diff:^- 
rencc  as  to  the  length  ot  Time  which  they    are    hatching, 
whirh  is  between  t^^ty  Sc  thirty  Days,  fome  fooner  than 
orhers  :   Whether  this  a^'cireiice  ought  to  be  imputed  to  the 
vvarious  Qa^lity  or  Site  ojMhe  Sand  in  which  they  lay  (.as  to 
it's  co-Id  or  licat  S::)   I  ieavi^^to  the  Coniediirc  of  theVir-* 
tuofi.    ---  As  loon  as  they  werVhatch'd,    they  broke  thro' 
ihe  Sand  ami  betock  themfelves  tlxthe  Water,    as- far  as  I 
could  diicover,  without,  anv  further  Care  or  Help   of  the 
0;.i  Ones.  ^ 


^ 


\ 


Of  the  Sjl:?rfi  I  fhall  only  note,  that  thej-Wne  from  the  Sl 
Sea  early  in\the  Springy  to  the  frefh  Rivers  ---and^ith  great '^^• 
pains  afcend  the  Falls,  till  they  ccme  to  the  Heai^Kof  the  "'' 
Rivers  j  where  the  Water  runs  riffling  over  a  coarfeOt^vel , 
n?ar  fome  Pond  or  deep  flSil  Water:  there  they  workHok^ 
.to  lodge  in^  and  in  the  Night  relort  to  them, by  two  &'"two, 
the  Male  v*ith  h-s  Female  ^  thus  lying  .together  the  Female 
ci?(5ls  a  SpTwn,  l;l-;c  a  Pcaji  ;he  Ma'^e  a  Sperm'  like  Milk, 
which  fiuk  among  the  Gravel.      1  have  ofteri*  been  fifhir.g  • 
for  them,  w:iih  -a  Torch  in'theXight,  when  thb Water  hath- 
been  fo  fnaal  that  they  have  lien"  with  their  &acks&  Tails 
shave  the  Water  :    and  i,f  our  Spear  mifsM  it's  fkwlve,.  the 
Tifh  darted  atjwould  flutter  &  alarm  the  wliolc  Shoa;^,.;^thj' 
it  confnledof  a  vail  Multitude), '^Jlhich  imliiedi.i'ifcly  repairs  ' 
ed  to  the  d.eep  Water,  and  rcturn'dnbc  in  pfcntydor  feve^T' 
ral  Nights.      When  the  Lca.f  falls  ihey^javs  dpiicSpiv.-nir}^  > 
and  return  to  the  Sea. 

GIIAP:^ 


CT.   V. 

il. 


l'>. 


) 


^ 


c  ;:  A  p.    vii. 

■  i 

Of  their  Feafting,  bZc, 


w 


\f\i  HHN  the  Intiians  determine  for  War,  or  are  enter- 
SrcT^  h      y  Y     i„c7  upon  a  pirncular  Lxpediupn,  they  kill  a  num- 
R.^i.^bc-  l)<if  of  thetr  Uogs,  burn  off  tlieir  Hair,  and  cut,  them   imo 
luro  they  .go  Pieces  i    leaving  only  one  Dog's  Head  who!;.-  i  .the  relt  ot 
o.t  ;o  W.:r.   j|,g  pi^^  jj^gy  i,^,)^  and  make  a  fiive  feall  of  it :  atier  v.hicli, 
the  Do{^'s  Head  that  was  left  xshoic  is  kwrch"J,'tid  thcNole 
and  Lips  have  fniur.k  from  the  'l,cc;h,  and  left  them  bare 
'        and  grinning  ;   this  done  ;   they  fallen  it  on  a  Stiek,    at.  1 
tlie  Indian  Vvho  is  prc^pofed  to  be  Chief  in  the  Ev.pedition 
takes  the  Head  into  his  Hand  and   fings  a  V.  arhkc  bong  : 
in  which  he  mentiof^s  the  Town  they  .leHgr.  ro  Attack,?:  d 
the  principal  Man  in  ir,    thi earning  that  m  a  few  Days  he 
^^i]i  carry  that  Man's  Head"  and  Scalp. in  h:5  Hand,   \u  the 
fame  m.^ner.     -When  the  Chiet  hath  Sung,   be    In    places 
'    liie  DogVHcad  as  to  grin  at  him  whom  !jc  k:rp;;>ieth  v.  ill 
go  his  Second  :   who,  if  he  accepts,  trrkes't'he  Head  in  his 
.-  Hand   and  fings,    but  If  he  refule  to  go,  he  tur:.s  tne  I  etth 

■    ,     .to  another  ;  and  thus  from  one  to  another  'till   they   have 
inlilled  their  Company. 

The  Indians  imagine  that  Dog's  riefla  makes  them  hold 
and  courageous  !  I  have  feen  anHndian  fpht  aDo^  Head 
with  a  Hatcher,  and  take  cut  the  Biainshot,  and  eat  them 
raw,  with  the  Blood  running  down  his  Jaws  I 

Sect.  II,  When  a  Relation  dies  ;  in  a  ftill  E-vening,  a  Squaw  will 
<JE^  ■■^-''^  walk  on  the  highefl  Land  near  her  abode,  and  with  a  loud, 
^^^/•""-^oj  mournful  Voice  exclaim,  Oh  haive,  bf.ive,  ha-s^e.wMh  ^\ov.z, 
'iti\'^:^\^  ^oxxxnivi\  Tone  to  each  haive,  tor  a  long  time  together. 

After  the  mourning  Seafon.is  over,  the  Relations  o\  the 

deceafed  make  a  Feaft  to  wipe  off  Tears  ;    and    they   may 

-  Marry  freely.      If  the  deceas'd  were  a  Squ'aw.theRelatioi,b 

•  confult  together  ond  choofe  a  Squaw  (doubtlefs  a  Widow) 

and  fend  har  to  the  Widower  :  and  if  he  l;.ke  her  he  takes 

her/'to  be  h\\Vife,    if   nor,   he  fends   her,  backhand  the 

Rcktions  choole  and  fend  'tilJi  they-find  oiiC  that  heXpprov- 

-    -^         -~r-~—~~^'~— — — — .^ — -~^-- . — ,  \\,  .- 


V 


eth  of,  ^ 


U 


( 


2  > 


If  3  yoiir.g  rdr/.v  c^ctctmincs  to  iv,irry,l.'.  i\^ '..ticLi  ar.d  '^'"*- 
the  Jclut  auviit  l.;.v.  m  a  G,.l  :  niui  :i;c,you.',g  I  tiio'.v  i^ocs  ').,' 
ii-to  tf.e  \Vig\y:j|^!  cW  Hit  is,  ai:ii  looks  en  Iv.;  ,  anil  T;  he  ■'"■  ■ 
1  k'js  htrr,.  he  toflw^ij iTip  rr  Slick  ii.to  her  1-ap,  ^shich  fr.c  :•  • 
Mkes,  anii  with  a  rj/!<T\'\),  filc-Lo  ;<  vicwsth'A'ctlbn  v.ho  '"*'  '-^^ 
I'-'.-iT  i:  ,  yet  hnudicth  the'CL  ;v  wr.li  A'Jniiration.ns  tho'  Ihc 
vondr(  d  from  u  hence  it  caiiie.     If  flie  likes  hiiii',fhc  thr.&v.i 
t!ic  Chp  to  him,   v.i'.h    a  n.  vldl  Fu.\le  ■    t\iu\  ^Uzn   ur  -     , 
tli.'i-r  jj  v/aniifjg  Uit  a  Ceruu  -ny    \v:ih  tlu-  Jeluil  to  co:,- 
lumiiiatc  ili2  Marrir.g'j  :   Uu:  if  the  yciin-Sq  law  (iill  ke  t!ie 
reliow,  fne  wi/h  a  lurly  Coiuitcr.ancethrov.s  tneCh'p  afi-le, 

an  1  he'comcs  no  nibic  thcRC .. 

If  raicr:ts  hav'e  a  iJa-iightVr  ni;.rr:gcaWc  |l,Hhcy  feck 
_isbanvl  i')i  licr,  \\hr>  i,/a  g.oot}\H^iiCcr.     And  it  he  hav 


i;r 


a  Gun  an,!  Amniuaiti  n,  a  CnnaK  cpcar  and  liar  he:  ^  a 
MonoD.'ah  t  and  cro-ked.- Knile,  a  hjcking-GLlls  iiC  Paint ; 
V  A'Pipc,  Tobacco  and  ILnot-Bov.l  to  toi^a' kind  ot  Di;ein, 
he  is  accounted  a  Gentleman  of '  a  V<-'''^fu!  Tortunc. 
[By  iheir  fott  of  Dice  tl;ey  lole  muchTinie,  playirrj  whole 
■•D.iys,and  Nghts  trgcther  :  and  fometini^s  their  whole 
E.'late  :  th)'  this  is  accounted  a  great  Vice  by  the  OIvlMen-] 
Whatever  the  new-mniried-Man  procuiesthe  fvll  Year  be-' 
longs  to  h'S  Wife's  Parents.  [  It  the  young  Pair  have  a 
Child  within^  Year  and  nine  Months,  they  arc  tho'i:  to  be  . 
very  forward,  libidinous  Perlbns.]  ■      ■   . 

There  is  an  old  Story  told  among  the  Indians  of  a  Fa-  Sijr.  TV. 

^'ily,  who  had  a   Daughter  -that  was  accounted  a  finifiicd  A  Di^^-cfTi'!! 
Belmty,  and  adorned  with  the  precious  Jewel  of  an  Indian  ^"'"-'j-'"-?-'^ 
Hducatibn^    So  form'd,  by  Naturp  and  p  )Iifh'd  byAivthey  l^^'^l^f'^] 
could  riofc  fih-ff^Tfer  rfuiLible^CanJiiLLi-  At  length,  while  i\:':Ia  t,    i 
•♦hey  refided  on  theHeai  o(  Penol::!:^  River^'urnicr  theW  hite-  Dcirni 

\Hills  called  the  TeJJcN,  ih's  fine  Creature  wasmiHing;. and  •"  '''  ''"* 
ITerP^aTefTrs^eauId  have  no  Account  of  her.       Af:er   nvuJi'' 
Time  iperit,  Pains,    and  Tears  fhow'ied  in  queil  of  her  ; 


HiM' 


A  \'i'-gin  v.lic  h.is  b:cn  ci  icatcd,  ro  ir,.i!^-Mo!i.-)';(I.i!i*?  n:-,.!  j3ir(;!il)ir: .-, 
luce  onoi 

{j'lfhrnents^ 


•o  luce  Sno.voliocs  anj  make  Indi.in'  vSjio'js,  to  llrinjj;V\",'::r.jV.:rn-Cj.:-,|. ;/; 
Birch  ^:inocs, 'ar,d  boil  the  Kettle,  is  eftetm'd  •i>  a  L.:Jy  oflfcicAcconi- 


■->, 


B 


A    . Minoo/ah  is  aaTiTdian  D j g. 


\ 


■\ 


\Hy 


(  3Q) 


they  I'nv  hir,  (iivcrting  her  felf  with  a  "l)cautifjl  Youth, 
\^tik;  Hiir  like  hcr's  liovv'd  ilovMi  below  hisW'alta  Suini- 
iiii:,  \^  nHiing,  &c.  in  the  Water  ,  hut  the  Youths  v-H'inKil 
tp'H  their  Approach  *.  This  hcautiJul  rcrlbn,\\ho^)  they 
inugm'il  to  be  one  of  thole  kind  Spirits  who  'injiabif  ^he 
fTif  / J  ;;  i  they  lookM  upot»  hi.in  as  their  Son-kj-Law  :  lb 
that  (according  to  Cuitonl)  tliey  called  upon  Iwni  foi  MoolV; 
Bear,  or  whai  ever  Creature  they  defircd,  ahd  if  they  diil 
but  go  to  the  Watcr-fuic  anil  fignity  their  dc/fnc,  the  Crea- 
ture wl\ich  they  would  Iiave,  came  Swinituiiig  to  them  ! 

1  have  heard  a'r»  Indian  lay,  that  he  Irvck  I  y  the  River 
at  the  Fonfc  of  the  'Jc. /,/;;;,  ar.d  in  his  Wigwam,  leeiiig  the 
top  of  it  thro'  the  Ho!e  Itft  in  the  top  of  the  Wigwam  for 
.the  pafllng  of  Smoke,  he  \\.'y>  tempted  to  travel,  to  it  :  ac 
cm  iingly  he  let  out  early  or\  a  Sunimer5.M(ni-ii*.t^  ai^l-fa 
houreii  hard  in'alV'jmiing  tlie  Hill  all  Day,,  ar-d  tlVtr  ^  <  p 
fcem'J  ns  diilant  from  the  Place- where  lie  lodged  atXight, 
as  from  the  \^'igwa*m  whence  he  began  his  Journey  :  anil^ 
con. lu  ling  that  Spirits  were  there,  never  daie  make  a  Ic- 
cond  Attempt.  ' 

I  have  been  creJibly  inform'd  that  icveral  others  ''h'avc 
fail'd  in  the  lame  Attempt  :  particularly,  that  three  young 
Men  towrM  the  T'edJott  three  Days  and  an  half,  and  then 
began  to  be  ftrangely  difordered  tk  delirious, ind  when  their 
Imagination  was  clear,  and  they  could  recollect  where  they 
were,  and  had  been  ,  they  found  themfclvcs  rcturn'd  one  ' 
Days- Journey  :  how  they  came  down  fo  far,  they  can't 
guei's,  unlels  the  Genii  of  the  Place  convey'd  then? !  Thefe 
\yhite  Hills  at  the  Head  of  Pcnol/fcJt  River^  are,  by  the 
Indians,  laid  to  be  much  higher  than  tl^ole,  call' j^^iocko- 
cbock.  above  Sato,  , 


Where  tiov,',  in    his  di.incft  form   array'H/ 
In    his  true  Shape   he  captivatt-s  t[ic   M.iid  ; 
VVho  ga7.cs   on  him,  ^and    uirh    v.oiui'iing  Eyes 
licholds  the  new   majeHick  Figirc  rife, 
His  flowing  Features,  and  cclcftial  Light, 
And  all  iIk  god  dilcovcr'd  to  her  fignt. 


Etirop^'i  Rapt'. 


But 


(3 'J 

But  to  raiurn  to  n.'»  Iiuli.in  T'cnil,  ot  \v!i;cIj  you  rmy  :c- 
i  lell  a  Uiil  li  I'.irc,  bchnc  nou  go  ,  aruLil'  y  .u  il.ll'k;  it 
:t.iy  at  H  muc.  'i'Uc  lugrtJicuts  aic  I'llh,  I-!c!h,  n-  lu-iiuv 
Corn  niul  licMi)S  boilM  togctlri — ,  or  Mally- ro.!i!cM  lu.i  'c 
d\  poui..icil  Corn  :  Whenever  aiul  ns  oltcn  as  tic  u  n.e 
plenty  ,  an  Iiuli.in  boils  tour  or  five  large  Kettles  lu.'l,  an. 1 
tenuis  a  .Vkirengerio  each  Wigwam- Door ;  who  txclain)--, 
Kulj  McK  [o.'rchab  !  i.  e.  /  cy.,ic  tj  cotrlnci  y;itoa  I'tJ  :  : 
'1  he  M-in  within  i?emanv!s  whether  he  niuU  t.ikc,  a  Spopo, 
(^r  a  Kiiit'e  in  Ivs  D;fh  which  he  always  carries  with  hini. 
'I  hey  .".ppMi.t  two  or  t!iree  Vi;ur;|;  Mtir  to  Mels  it  ovit,  to 
c.uh  Mi.i  his  Portion  .-vcconing  to  the  number  of  his  Vw 
rnily  at  Hcm-.e  ;  whi>.h  is  iioj.c  with  the  utnii^ll  cxac'hicls-''. 
W  hen  tlicy  hive  I'.oi.c  eatjno:,  a  v/^uns?  l'e!low  ibtn.ls  with- 
o'.it  ihc  U..or,-afi.l  v  rjs  nioui  .1/tv;  ?■'/////. -(?/(:,  Come  &  tetcli  ! 
Immciliatcly  eac|i-i:qjaw  goes  to  her  Huibantl  atul  takci 
wli.li  he  h.u'Icft,  w  hich  ft.e  cariies  Home  anJ  eats  with  her 
Childicn.  rortieither  mnriie.l  \\  cmen  nor  any  Vnutii 
under'  twenty  Vcars  of  Age  arc  ailowcil  toi^c  prcfent: 
but  old  Widow-Squaws  af;d  Captive  Men  m.ny  let  by  the 
Door.  The  Indian  Men  continue  in  theWigv\am,rome  re- 
lating their  Warlike  Exploits'  ,  others  fon^ething  Comical  ; 
othersgJLi'c  a  Narrative  of  their  Hunting  ■■,  the  Seniors  give 
maxims  of  Prudence  and  grave  Counfels  t^  the YoungMen  : 
iho'  every  ones  Speech  be  agrcible  to  the  run  ot  his  own 
Fancv,  )^et  they  eonfir.e  themlelves  to  Rule,  and  but  one 
fpeaksata  Time.  After  every  Man  has  told  his  Story,  One 
rifes.  up,  Sings  a  I'eaft-v'long,  and  otliers  fucceed  alternatc- 
dy  as  the  Company  fee  fit.     •  .- 

'NqctfTty  is  theMother  of  Invention.     If  an  Indicia  hav; 
,  loft  his  lire- Work,   he  can  prelently  take  two  Sticks,   thi 


i..'i 


♦  W!i,!t  Lo;,l   of.^il   vv.o  iM  \i'u\  Ills  0)ok  ,j)f;-p.irc, 
M.ii.U'/'-s  PoratP),  Clr.trr'j'ji^iuirH,  Cavare'.;       . 
'Or   v.'n  .M  oM-  thiiim  t;.^;"!  Aiiccltccs  find  f.n;!: 
Vr.T  V,  aiu  rit  Sii/?>i    i  <j: '[;■■• ,  ur-jS^fjon .  for  Sale  '' 
Wlicrc  t.*;y  thin;»  i!iut  cv'ry  Soliii-r  "{;or,  . 

I''owl,  Bicoii,  Cabb.qr.M  UTOn,  :;:vl  v.  ii'.r   i,or^  C  ' 

Was  all  tlirov.r,  ir:o  ij.in!':,  t.ml  \\.v;,:  •^  I'o:.   ■  J 

.   .  i  .,  Ai  t  of  Cuok-: 


Tlicir  cvt 

"•Jin.iry . 
vva\  ?  olf^c 
rinj^  Kirca 
bf'ilin;;  tli: 


I. 


-jms 


one  lurjct  ili.vj  the  otlicr  (the  (Iiicr  the  bctcr)  aril  i,,  tiic 
Noftcil  nnkc  ciix  llf>llo\v  t^r  Socka,  to  which  tiicy'li  fit  one 
fii.l  ot  the  hnttlcll  Sti  k  "i  then  holjini^  the  \\^U<.\\  WooJ 
fiim  bctwttu  th:ir  Knees  ;  they  fix  the  end  ri  the  hnr ! 
Stick  mule  lie  into  the  Socket,  nn  1  whirl  it  r.TunJ  in  their 
Hand  hke  a  Drill,  anil  it  takes  Fire  in  a  few  Mirutr^. 

If  tlicy  have  loit  or  Ict't  their  Ivtttlc,  .'tis  butputtijtg  the 
Viduals  into  a  Il:rch-Dini,|eaVir.g  a  vacanc)  in  the  nmMIr, 
(lihng  it  witli  Water,  InJ  putting  in  hot  Stciics altcrnattl}-  : 
and  -they  will  thus  thro'iy  boil  the  toughcil  Neck  of  Beef. 


c  H  A  P.    vni 


/ 


Stct.  I. 
Of  aContcn 


Of  my  three  Tcr.rs  O-'pthity  with  the  Frcr.ch. 

\7\1  ^^^^^  about  (ix  Years  of  my  doleful  Captivity  l.ul 
V  V     P'll^}  rny  fccoml  Indian  Mailer  dyed,  wh|r!"e  ycj;  a'v 
t ion  strong   and  my  fi  ft  In'ilian  M Jltcf  dii'putcd  w hrlc  Mavc    I  flinu LI 
the   Indum.be  j   and  ibme  malicious  Pcrfotis  la.dvilevl'thcm  to  end  tl:c 
tlicm'to  icuQ.^'*'^''^'  ^y  P^^^'r-ga  Period  to  my  Life  :  hut  honclH'athtr 
iT.c  ro   rhl-   <Simon^  the  Pricft  of  the  River,  told  them  that  it  would  be  a 
I^rcnch.        heinous  Crime,  and  advifed  them  to  fell  mc-tothe  Trench. 
There  cameninnually  one  ortwoMcn  of  V.  ar  to  Supply,  the 
Fort,  which  was  on  tht  RiAer  about  thirty  four  Leagues 
frrhi  the  Sea  :  The  Indians  having  Advice  of  the  Arrivuil 
of  a  Man  of  War  at  the  Mouth  of  the  River,  th''v,   nbout 
th'Pty  or  forty  in  Nundier  went  at  oard  :   For  tht  Gentlemen 
i'iCr.r  rniTiiC  inade  a  Prefcnt  to  thcni  every  Ycnr,    and  fct 
fjrth  the  t^ichcs  5iC  Vidories  of  their  Monarch  &fr     at  tirs 
T'iir.e  tlier  prelcnted  aBng  or  iv;oof  Flcur  with  k  n:eFi"ui,cs, 
as  Ingredients  for  a  Feaft.     I,  \^ho  was  drels'd  up  in  an  old 
grcaiy  Blanket,  without  Cap,  Mat  or  Shirr,  (  for  I  had  no 
Shirt  for  the  0x  Years,  but  tl^at  which   was   on    my    Back 
when  I  was  ta-ken)  was  invited  into  the  greatCabbinjV,  here 
many  well  rigg'd  Gentlemen  were  fitting  j  who  would  fai.j 
have  had  a  full  view  of  me  :  I  endeavouied  to  hide  my  klf 
behind  the  Hangings,  for  1  was  muoh  afhamed  j    thinki^'g 
of  my  former  wcaiing  deaths,  and  of  my  living  withPeo- 

pie 


m 


(  33   )     ■ 

p'^whocoulJ  lig';  is  \scll  as  the  bcA  ( f  thcui.  .My  M.iHc 
a^kcd  nic,  \\  licth;  r  1  cHofe  to  Lc  lolJ  aLor.rc!  ii,cMaf.  rj» 
War,  or  to  the  Irili.ihitants  '  1  icp!ict1  v.l;h'l't.us,  1  fiiju*.? 
be  glail  if  ynu.  wriiM  kil  luc  to  the  I.np'fl.  Ir  n:  \vh^;n  *)•(.! 
look  mc-  ,  but  it*  1  Tiiull  be  foM  to  Hu  Wtnch,  1  chocfei  . 
U  i).)i.l  to  the  lowcit  oij  ih,c  River,  or  rcarcfl  Inhabita.-.t. 
to  the  'n\i,  nbout  twcMty.fivc  I.c.iguvj^lroi!!  the  Mouth  ot- 
the  River  :  t'^r  I  tho't,  th.u,  it  1  were  V'\^  t.-j  t!ic-  Gcr. ''•.•• 
incij  aboaril  tlie  M.ui  ot  War,  I  lnouI>l  i.c\fr  return  to  the 
1-fj^Hfi;^  Thi5  was  the  fi.ll  fght  I  haJof  Sa-  V/af.r  inniy 
CaptivitVj'^J  the  liiil  ii»iie"ttiat  IhaJ  taikJijalLorDrcaJ. 

My  Maftcr  p-celcntly  went  nfliore,  and  after  a  few  Days  Srrr    II 
all  the  Itiiliani  \<ci\i  up  the  River  i    arul  wi^.cn  we  name  to  '^^  m;  biin- 
the  HoDle-Nv'hich  I  ineritioncil  to  my  MaAer,  he  went  afhore  'Y'^   '°  ''^<' 
with  IDC  anil  tarrieJ  all  Night  :     the  xMaftcr  of  the  Houfe    ^  . 

Ipike  kindly  to  n\e  in  Indian,  for  I  could  n-^t  then  Ipeak 
one  Word  of  rrcnch  :  Madam  alfo  look'd  plcafaht  on  me, 
and  gave  me  fome  Bread.     The  next  Day    1   wai  fd'nft  fix 

'Leagues  further  up  the  River  to  another  Trench  Houle. 
My  Mailer  and  the  Fryar  tarried  withMonrieurDfci;:^j^^«r, 
the  Gentleman  wbo  had  entertain'd- us  the  Night  before. 
Not  long  after, Father  vS";;//;/;  came  and  laid,  Now  you  arc  * 
one  of  U5,  for  you  are  Ibid  to  that  Gentleman  by  whom  you 
were  ente'rtain'd  the  other  Night.     I  replied  ^  ---Sold  I  —-  '  .' 

to  a  Frenchman  J  ---  I  could  lay  no  more  '.  ---  went  into 
the  Woods  alone  and  wept  till  I  could  fcarce  fee  or  fland  ! 
The  word  SolJ^  and  that  to  a  People  of  that  Perfwafion,  . 
which  my  dear  Mother  fo  much  dcteftci^,  and  in  her  lad 
Words  manifefted  Id  great  Fears  of  my  falling  into!  ---  the 
Thoughts  of  theie  almoft  broke  my  Heart  !  When  I  had 
given  \ent  to  my  PafTions,  I  rub'd  my  Eyes,  endeavouring  i 

tON^jide  my  Grief  :  ,  But  Father  Snuon  perceiving  that  my 

•Eyes  were  fwoln, called  me  afide  i  and  bid  me  not  to  grieve  :  ' 
for  the  Gentleman  to  w'hom  I  was  fold  was  of  a  good  hu- 
mour, that  he  had  formerly  bought  two  Captives  of  theln- 
dians,who  both  went  home  to  B>Jlon  ;  this  in  fome  mealure 
revived  nie.  But  he  added,  that,  he  did  not  fuppofe  that 
1  would  ever  incline  to  go  to  the  Englifh,  for  the  Frerlch 
way  of  Worfhip  was  much  to  be  preferred  alfo,  that  he 
.    *  •  .    ;        ,    K  fliould       ' 


i 
If 


.:(■  34 )  . 

ihould  pafs  t^at  way  in  about  ten  Days,  and  if  I  did  not 
like  to  li/ve  with  the  Trench  better  than  with  the  Indians, 
he  would  buy  me.again.  On  the  Day  I'ollowing,  Father 
SiiiiJn  and  i^iy  Indian  Malter  went  up  the  River  fix  &  thirty 
Leagues,  to/their  Chief  Village,  and  1  weiit  down  the  Ri- 
ver fix  Leagues  with  two  Frenchmen  to  my.  new  JVlaller  : 
Who  kindly  rcpeivM  me,  and  in  a  few  Days  Madnm  made 
nic  an  Ozn.ifi^^igs  Shirt  and  French  Cap,  aiid  a  Coat  out  of 
one  of  my,  Mailer's  old  Coats  ;    then    1   threw   away    my 

greafy  Blanket  and  Indian  Flap,  and  look'd  as  Imart  as . 

And  I  never  more  faw  the  old  Fiyar,  the  Indian  Village, 
or  rny  Indian  Mailer,  tjll  ^bouc  fourteen  Years  after  1 
faw  my  Indian  Mailer  Sit  ,^yr- Royal  whither  1  was  lent  by 
the  Government,  with  a  Flag  on  Truce,  for  cxchajiging 
Prifoners  :  and  again  about  twenty  fourYears  fince  he  came 
to  St.  Jubn's  to  George\  to  fee  me,  where  I  made  him  very 
welcome.         / 

My  French  Maflef  held  a  great  Trade  with  the  Indians,  , 
whicb  fuited  me  very  well,  Ibeingthorow  in  theLanguages  / 
oymcnt    a- of  the  Tribes  at  .C^f^  .5^W«'s  and  »y/.  John's.      1   had    not. 
JFrM^V*^^      lived  long  with  this  Gentleman  before  he  committed  to  mc 
the  Keys  of  his  Store  &cc.  and  my  whole  Employment  was  , 
Trading  and  Huntings  in  which  I  adtcd  faithfully  for  my 
Aialler,  and  never  knowingly'wrong*d  him  to  the  Value  of 
one  Farthing.     They  fpake  to  me  lb  frequently  ih  Indian, 
that  it  w^s  fome  time  before  I  was  perfed:  in  the  French 
Tongue.     Monficur  generally  had  his  Goods  from  thcMan 
of  War  which  came  there  an'nually  from  France.. 

In  the  Year  1696  two  Men  of  War  came  to  the  Mouth 
of  the  River,  which  had  taken  the  A^^ftc;- Porf,  Capt.  Paxton 
Commander,  and  brought  him  with  tKem  :  They  made  the 
Indians  fome  Prefents,  and. invited  them  to  join  in  an  Ex- 
pedition IQ  Pemmaqmd^  which  Invitation  they  accepted, anci 
foon  after  arrived  there  ;   and  Capt   Chuhb\\\  delivered  the 


iECT.    IIT. 
)r  my  Em 


n  The  Reverend  Dr.'  Mtther  fhys  wittily  (as  lie  laid  every  thing  ) 
"  This  Qttii  found  Opportunity  in  a  pretty  Chuil'jb  ntanner,.  to  kill 
*'  the  famous  Ecigotmei  Qc  Jhtn^uid,  a  couple  ot  principal  Indians, Uith 
**  one  or  fv.o  other  Indians,  on  a  Lord's  Day,  the  fixtccnth  of  Fe- 
•*  hruary  i6'y%  If  there  ^verc  any  unfair  I>eaiing  in  this  Adion  of 
**  Ckul)h„  there  will  be  another  Frbruary,  not  far  orf,'  wherein  the  A- 
V  vcugtr  of  Blood  will  uke  cheir  Sausfa(itioti.    //j/f.  ^y  N.  E.  £1  ^  'i9- 

fort« 


Fort,  without  much  crirpLite,tOi\IonrieurDi^'^;'^v/t!)eirC!iitfi 
as  I  heard  the  Gentleman  fay  whom  I  liveiiwith,  wh'o  was     - 
there  prcfent  4^.   .  Barlyjn  ihc  Spring  I  was  renr,\vith  t!ute 
.Frenchmen,  to  jhe  Mouth  of  thcRivcr,for  Provifion  vvhif  h 
c5me  from  Port-Koynl.     We  carried  over  Land,   from  th-j  . 

River  to  a  large  Bay,  where  we  vyere  driven  on  an  lihnd  •  ^ 
by  a  North-liafl  Storm,  and  were  kept  theie  Jcvcn  Dj)'., 
without  any  Suilenance,  for  we  cxpedtcd  a  >qiiick  rali,'  -i ;, 
and  carried  nothing  with  us  i  the  Wind  continuing  boiue^ 
tous,  fo  that  we  could  not  return  back, and  the  Ice  prevent- 
ed our  going  forward  :  After  fevcn  Days  the  Ice  bnoke  up, 
ffnd  we  went  forvvard,  th  >'  we  were  fo  weak  that  Vve  could 
fcarcc  hear  eacii.  bthcr  fpj.tk  3  and  the  People  at  thcMouth  ;^    b,. 

of  the  River  were  furprizcd  to  fee  us  fo  feebler  j  and  advih  6        '        V 
us  to  be  cautious  &  nblteinious  in  ejj^ting.      By  this  Time,  I 

knew  as  much  of  Falling  as  they,  and  dieted  onBroth, and 
recovered  very  well,  as  alfo  one  of  the  others  did  ;  but  the 
other  two  wouJd  not  be  advifed  :  and  I  never  faw  anyPer-    , 
fpns  in  greater  Torn^nt  than  they  were,  till  they  obtain'd    ' 
a  Paffage-'-on  which  they  recovered. 

A  Friar  who  lived  in  thcFamily  invited  me  toConf&lTion,.^''^^-  ^^^; 
but  I  excufcd  my  felf  as  well  as  I  could.     One  Evening  he  J^^.-'^l/iir"* 

1  •  i-A  -1..  ..,°         traiil;.cuon 

took  nie  into  his  Apartment,  m  the  dark,  and  adviled  mc  \jnic  I  v..'v/^ 
to  confefs  to  h].m  what  Sins  1  had  committed  :     I  told  him,  amojisthoir, 
that  I  could    not   remember  a  thoufandth   part  of  ■  tliem 
(they  were  fo  numerous:)  Tiien  he  bid  me  remember  and 
relate  asMianyas  I  cpuld,  ami  he.would  pardon  them  ^  fig-  ,..   - 

nif)  ing  t!i:u  he  had  a  Bag  to  put  them  in.  I  told  him  that 
1  did  not  btlievc  that  it  was  in  the  power  of  any  but  GOD 
to  pardon  Sin.  Fk\aik.ed  me,  whether  I  had  read  the  Bi- 
ble 5  I  tcud  hiin  that  1  had  when  I  was  a  little  Boy,  io  .,  <*■ 
loiMi;  fince,  ihu  I  had  for.got  moll  of  it.  Then  he  told  me,  "  "  ^-^-^ 
that  he  diJ-not  pirdon  my  Sins  ;  but  when  he  knev/  them 
■                          ■ ' 

{;•  (),]r  lul  ';i.->:c'l  A';r:ior  U\\,  on  the  fovirtli  or  fifth  of  .■hi7,njl,  Cl:;l)h  v.ith 
an  unai '■!;;, >')',c  ■iL.iv.iul-)  liiii  Suncnlcr  tlic  IJrave  Tore  ot  rcmri.hiithi 
inro  th.-ir  H.ui.l-,. 


Uiitliiiikiilg  Mtn' I'.o  101 1  of  Scr'i;)!cs  m.Tko  , 
Ar,(l  lomc-;!rc  bail,   culy   for  Milcliicf's  lake  ; 


♦*  But   t/'ii    th-:  [).(l  arc  {j'lilty  by   MilLiko 

he. 


} 


nepr.iytil  GOD  to  pardon  theni  :  wlicii,  pjihaps  I  was  at 
n'ly  Sporii  ana  Plays. ---He  wi(h\l  me  well,  and  hoped  that 
1  ihnaiJ  be  better  adviled,  and  faid  that  he  fliould  calbfor 
me  iii-a  hitle  Time  :  Thus  he  d;im:h'J  and  never  cali'd 
me  to  Confeflioa  more. 

'  '  '  '  ■ 

;/:  .iJcK.i;',     xhc  Gcntleniari  whom  I  lived  uith  had  a  fine   Field  of 
b'L^'!:''jp^the  ^^^'^^^^  which  great  riumbets  ot  Black  Birds,  vifited  y  ahd 
Hujnr   of     dellroy'd  liiuch  oF.     But  the  French   laid  a    Jeluit   would 
black  iiiris.  come  and  banilli  them  i   who  came  at  length;  and  all  things 
*\veie  prepared,  viz-  a  Bafon  of,  what  they  call,  Holy-Wa- 
ter, i   a  Staff  with  a  littld  Brufli  to 'fprinkle  witha!,  &  the 
Jeluit's  white  Robe,  which  he  put  on.     [  1  ask'd    feveral 
'       '  Prilbncrs,      who    had   lately  'been  takeu"*  by    Privateiers 
and  brought  hither,  v.sr.  Mr.  IVaoclberry^  Cccks^  &:  Morgan^ 
whether  they  would  go  andiee  theCcremony  ?     MrJi'uiHl- 
herry  ask'd  me,  whether  l/defigned  to  go  ?^    I  told  him  that 
I  die).     He  laid,  that  I  \va^  then  as  bad  aPapilt  ast5ey,ind 
a  d--n'd  Fool.     I  told  him  that  1  believM  as  little  of  ir^a-s 
♦  they  did,  but  I  inclined  to  fee  the  Ceremony,  that  I  might 

rehearfe  it  to  the  Englifh.]     They   entred    the   Field    and 
walk'd  through  the  Wheat  \\  ProcefR-jn,  a  young  Lad  go- 
ing before  the  Jefuit  wi:h  a  Bafon  of  their  Holy-Water  ; 
then  the  Jefurt  with  his  Brufl^,  dipping  it  into  the  Bafon, 
and  fprinkling  the  Field  on  each  fide  of  him  ;  next  him  a 
little  Bell  tingling,  and  about  thirty  Men  following  in  order, 
Singing,  with  the  Jefuit,  Ora  pro  X  bis  y    attheEnd  of  the 
Field  they.  Whecl'd  to  the  Left  about,  and  return'd.    Thus 
they  went  through  the  Field  of  Wheat,  the  Birds  rifing be-  * 
fore  them  and  lighting  behind  them.     -At  their    return    I 
laid  to  a  French  Lad  ;  The  Fryar  hath  done  no  Service, 
•  -He  had  better  take  a  Giin  and  Ihoot  theBirds.     TheLad  . 
left  mc^  while  (1  tho't,  to  ask  the  Jefuit  what  to  fay)  arid 
/When  he  returned,  he  faid,  the  Sins  of  the  People  were  fa 
grcatjthat  theFryar  could  not  prevail  againft  thofeCreatures. 
The  fanfiejefuit  as  vainly  attempted  to  banifh  theMufchctoes 
at  Sigene^o^  for  the  Sins  of  that  People  were  fo  great  alfo, 
.      .        that  he  could  not  prevail   againft  them,  ^but   rather  drew 
more  :  as  the  French  inform'd  me  ! 

Some 


(57.)" 


y-^ 


Some  Time  after  Col  Il.iivtborfi  attempted  t;)e  iakif;g.thp  'S.  r^    \ 
Trench  Fort  up  tliis  Rivarri:   we  hear.l  of^tLim  l'>i:ic  time 
beforejhcy  caiiic  up  the  i;iivcr,  bv  i!.e  Gu:.?TM3anr  Cover-   '  '•'  . 
nouT  yieKon  hid  orJer'd  at  the  iliVei'sMru;h.    IVIofifieur    V  '  '■ :. 
theGctitleman  whom  I  lived  with  was  gr^nt  :?/F\'>::e  j^and^' . 
MaJam  Adviled  w  uli  ire----  5he  then  dc^ireA  me  to  na'i!  the-  '■■■■■  : 
Paper  on  the  Door  of  our  li  iule   ,  coiitainin,:?  as  tc';o;v-5.:   ' 

J  mu-eat  tic  Cur.cral  (^  the  hv.^i\\l-i  r:  t  r-  h-<rn  i:!\  If  uVor        •       ' 
B^ni.uor'  (hjlroy  iiiyC^tt!i:.     1  -i^ tit /.li-.;c  t:dtJ]icb'\Ui  Af^ '    ' 
viy  come  up  tin  Rner  rj  .A  7r  »  ^  f^l^  I  i:b  ah  ::.:'.:<  ;,,:  li.t  i.-  — 

the  Furt  above  us.     J  l'ivcjl::.ti  KtnU!,,  ),  tj';]^  {Iu^\\^C:'q- 
iivc9*.7j-\i'j  wov  CipJLitaicJ^  jKJ  b^z^'l-^^U  -c?,.  Ciptrjcs  f    ' 
the  IfiJuns  aul  (cfit  tbo.i  r.7  ■B.^iton  .'  :ir^ibAvc'07:c  f;.-izi)'j  '. 
f/i,  an.i  Ic  fixil! p  ^l/j'wlefi  .1  pnveKient  Orp.irthl:ty  p>'c''ei:tSj 
an. I  he  JeUres  it.  '  «  v 

This' ilone,   Maviam  laid   to  me  i 
*'  Little  Enilijh  ;     Wc  have  fliewnyou  Kir.dnefs  j  ar.d 
*'  now  it  lies  in  your  Power  to  lerve  or  dilTerve  us,  as  you 
"  know  where  our  Goods  are  hid  in  the  \Vonl«,  and  thn  '♦ 

^^^WlffJwyJrrir  is  not  at  Home;  I  could  have  lent  you  to  the 
"  Fort  and  put  you  under  Confinement,  but  myRelpeds 
*'  to  you,  ahd  aflurance  of  )  our  Love  to  us  ;  has  difpnfed 
*'  me  to  confide  in  you,  perfwaded  that  3  ou  wi!l  not  h'.;rt 
".us  nor  our  Affiirs.  And  now  if  you  will  not  runaway 
"  to  the  Enghfh  who  aie  c6ming  up  the  River,  but  ierve 
"  our  Interelt,!  -I  will  acquaint  Mjtincur  of  it  ath'S  return 
"  from  Francel  which  will  be  very  pleafir.g  to  him  :  And 
"  I  now  give  my  Word,  that,  you  fhill  have  liberty  to  go 
*'  to  Bi^Ji,  n  on  ithe  firll  Opportunity  (if  you  defiie  it)  or 
?'  that  any  othqr  Favour,  in  iny  Power,  fhall  not  be  de-- 
"  ny'd  you".     1  • 

I  replied  ;  "  ^3Iariam  ^  It  is  contrary  to  the  Nature  of 
'*  the  Enghfh  to  requite  Evil  for  Good.  1  fhall  endeavour 
"  to  ferve  you  and  your  InterciV  I  fhall  not  run  to  the 
*'  Englifh  i  but  if  I  am  taken  by  them,  fhall  willinglv  go 
'*  with-  them,  and  yet  endeavour  not  to  diffcrveyou  either 
*'  in  your  Perlfons  or  Goods". 


Il  Tht  Place  wlicrc  o.ir  Houlc  lloodj  was  caiied    f/.J/?fr:/<ir<:,  rwenty-f.vc 
Lca'eues  from  the  River's  Mouth,    as  before  noted  • 

L        •  This 


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-\     l'^    ) 

I'his.-iaivlj    We  tnibark'ii  aiul  went  in  n  large  Boat    and 
Canoe  two  or  three   Miles  up  an    l';,altcrri- liianth    of   the 
River  that  comes  from  a  laigc  Pond  :    and  in  tiie  livening 
fenc  down  four'Hand^  to  ipike  dircovery  j  anil  while  they 
were  letting  in  the  Houfe  the  linglifh    furioundcd    it  and 
took  one  of   the  four  ;   the  other  three  made  phcir  cfcape, 
in  the  dark,    through  the  Englifh  SoKl'iers,  apd  came  to  u?, 
and  gave  a  furprizing  Account  of  Affairs.     Aeain,  Madain 
fdij  to  me,     "  Liti'/e  l.n^ljh  ;.  Now  you  c.Vn  go  from  U5, 
*'  but  1  hrpe  jou  will  it  number  your  Word  !  "     1    faiiJ; 
MaJani^    BeTlnt  concern'^  ^   for  I  will  not  Ipavcyruin 
this  Stiait".     She  f.iid,  *'  1  know  not  what  to  (\o  witli 
my  two  poor  little  Babes   !  "       I  laid,     "  Ahidavi,    the 
"  fooner  we  cm^iar  k  and  go  over  the  greatPond  the  better," 
Accordingly  we  embark-'il  and  went  over  tne  Pond.     1'hfe 
next  Day  we  I'pake  with  Indians,  who  (  were   in  a  Cance 
and')  gave  us  an  Account  that  in^cnetio-l'oijcn  was  taken  antl 
burnt.     Soon  after  we  heard  the  great  Guns   atGovernour 
Viclb jh^s  Fort,    which  the  Englifli    engag'd    fevcral    Days, 
killM  one  Slan,  and  drew  off  and  went  down  the  River  i 
for  it  was  fo  Jate  in  the  Fall,    that  hail  they  tarried    a  few 
Days  longer,  in  the  River  i  they  would  haie  been  froze  in 
for  the  Winter.     Hearing  no  report  of  the  great  Guns  for 
leveral  Days,   I  with  two  others  went  down  to  cur  Houlc, 
to  make  diicovery —  :  where  we  found  our  young  Lad  \\\\o 
was  taken  by- the  EngliOi   when  they  went  up  the   River  : 
For  the  General  was  lb  honourable  that, rfn  readiic  th^Note 
on  our  Door,  he  ordered  that   the  Houle  and  Bun  Hi  .uld 
not  be  burnt,  nor  their  Cattle. or  otherCreaturcs  kill'd  ;  ex- 
cept one  or  two,  and  the  Poultry,   for  their  Uic   :    and    at 
their    return,  order'd  the   young  Lad    to    be  put    .Tfliore, 
Finding  things  in  thisPollure,we  return'd  and  gave  il/:/./^;/; 
,  an  Account :  — She  acknowledged  the  iTi.any Favours  which 
the  Englifh'had  fl^evvn  her  vvith  Gratitude'^and  treated  me 
■with  gfcat  Civility.     The  n^xt   S^in)^'y.'''Motif:eur    arrivM 
from  France  m  the  Man  of  War  ;    who  thank'd  me  for  niy 
Care  of  his  Affairs,    andfaid  that  he  woukl  endeavour  to 
fjlfiil  what  Madam  had  promifed  to  nic.  ' 

And 


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And  afjcordinpjy  in  the  Year  i69S,thc  Peace  being  pro-  f^-^  ^-  ^  '■ 
'tlainv'd,  and  a  Sloop  come /o  the  Mouth  of  the  River,  with  iclic":,ni}Jc] 
a"  Ranlbni  for  one  MtcbaeljCooms  ;  I  put  Monficur  in  mind  mrn  'to    my 
of  his  Word  :    1  told  hin^  that  there  was  now  an  Opportu-  i'Vieiii^ 
nity  for^ne  to  go  and  f^e  the  Englifh.     lleacivifed  mc  ro 
tarry,  ana  told  me  tiiat  he  would  do  for  me  as  for  hii  o<C\fli 
&c.      1  thank'd  him  tor  his  Kindncfs,  but  chofe  rather  to 
go  to  Bojl  11^  for  1  hoped  that  I  had  ibme   Relatjons    yet. 
alive.     Then  he  adviled  me  to  go  up  to  the  Port  and  take  < 

niy  Leave  of  the  Governour  :  which  I  did,  and  he  fp.ike 
very  kindly  &c.  Some  Days  after  I  tDok  my  Leave  of 
Madam  ;  Monficur  went  down  to  the  Mouth  oK  the  River 
with  n)e  to  lee  me  fafe  aboard,  aail  asked  the  ]\l.itler,.Mr. 
S'tarkci^  a  Scotch  Man,  whether  1  mull  pay  tor  myPjfTige  '  ' 

if  lb,  he  vvoulil  piy  it  himfelf  rather  than"!  flioMJd  have  it 
10  p.iy  at  my  Arrival  Hif  B  ftoti^  but  gave.me  not  a  penny. 
The  MaiUr  told  him  that  there  was  nothing  to  pny,  and  , 
that  it  the  Owner  fhould  make  any  Demand,  he  woul(J  p.iy 
it  himleif  rather  thjn  a  poor  Prilbner  fhould  fuffcr,  for  he 
was  glad  to  *ec  any  Bnglifh  Perfon  come  out  of  Captivity. 

On  the  thirteenth  of  June  I  took  my  leave  of  Monficur, 
and  the  Sloop  came  to  Sail  for  Bofl  n  ;  \\here  we  arrived 
on  the  nineteenth  of  the  lame  at  Night.  In  the  Morning^ 
after  my  A^nival,  a  Yo  th  came  on  Board, an^l  asked  mai, 
Queition'>  relating  to  my  Captivity,  ami  at  length  gave^ic 
tn  iinilcrihuid  that  h>e  v.as  my  little  Brother,  wlio  was  at 
Pay  with  fonie  o'ther  Chil  iren,  and  upnn  hearing  the 
Gur'S  and  Keeing  the  Iijdians  run,  made  their  cfcape  tothej 
Tort,  anJ  went  t '.»-"  \'v  .:h  tiie  Caprairia!ul  Pcop'c  :  and  th/dc 
mv  iiM.c  Bi  either  who  male  h-.s  EVcape  ftom  the  Faim, 
when;  el  v/;;',  t'.,!:':n,  niu!  our  two  l;ttle  S:lkrs,  were  alive, 
and  ihac.oui-  .MctiiJi  h;vi  ,becn  dcia  ibmcYcars,  &c.  as  a- 
'I)nve.  "rc'.-\tc;i.,  'i'lVcn  v.c  Went  ufi'.cie,  and  fa-.v  ou/  Lldt^, 
T^rcrher  &•:. 

■  On  the  leco'vd '(-.f  .!>;:u[l  16S9,  I  was  taken,  and 
,  ,  thj  :.':r  V  -  ::'i  c^i:"  7.  :v  1698,  arrived  !\t.  BJ}ofi  : 
V'^  '.r.at  I  w  .5  ,i>/;t.t  tight  Yew,  ten  Moi.ihs  anJ  ll'vcntcea. 
Da',s':  IV1  «ll  Wi'.ich  'I'ime,  ihi.'  l  undc;rv.e(it  cvt.  c-niJDiiri- 
••'tl^ics  i  vet  I  law  iniicV/r:f  t':.?  Go'^iJ'iefo  of  GOD. 
•    •  '  May 


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/May  the  mod  powerful  and  beneficent  Bus  c,   accept 
01    this  publick   Tcftimony  of  it,    and  bltl's   cny  Experi- 
ences to  excite  others  to  confide  in  his  AI'-fuffi:icncv,'hro 
the  infinite  Merits  of  JESUS  CHRIST  !     , 


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A  P  P  END  IX   , 

Conraining  !\lirfifte3 .  of   the  Eiiiplov-. 
fohiiiiixls,  Ei;^  Coir. nunder  of  th.- 


GarrUenTMi  3/ 


^  Gco}gcs  lii^'jr. 


I 


,.|--.  X  '.C!.:Fter  nny^rjrn  out  of  Captivity  y./.-s  zStb. iSgS^  lappi.ed 
■,.^j..'Xjs  -j.-^y  j-gi'^  j.^  jj,^  Government  fcr  their  Favour- — .     Sooa 

tr  Jwns  en;p'rye,iby  old  Father  Miulcl  of- J/^'if/;, 


R.i'/r 


go  his  Iiiteipicter  on  'i  ra^iiug  AcccUnt  lo^Sf.,Jclfi\ 


'(■■'.:.-'  lA.  /ifi^'  ^  I  \vn5  cir.p'oyc'i   bv    ihc    Government,  Lieur. 
Qovcncur  ^youGK'iwN  Ccmn'-ifitit'r  in  Chief^    to  go  Inteipieter,  jet 


)\:  P.;.'-..yp'er  .\loi,th,  \vi:!i  ^laJDr  C:7r,ef}^  and  old  Capt  ^^^^i//, 
v|,o  /\  •-,■  '  r/t.-^  (tt.hCaptiv'es  —-at, cur  return  toii?  j:in  1  was  difmifs'd. 
But  \\:*.hi/3  fesv  Da\5  tHe  Governcur  fen-t  for -me  to'  InCetprct  a 
Conference. Avitli  B\!;i.;:a^e£u  and  other  Indians  then  in  Goall. 

Somo/inie  after  I  was  ^g^in  put  in  Pay  in  rrdtrto  gD  Iivter4)reter 
\.\i\\  (^o\:^l:i.!ps  and  Capt..5.'.'(;i-,;rt.^in  the  Piovince^Galley  to  Cif.J 
ii.tVjtd'Exch'ar  gc  faid  Ind'.gns  for  EnglifhCsptives.  Dccci.Ur  169S, 
we  i?€turn'd  to  J^;'^r;^ wi:h  fevcTa]  En^lifh  Cupt'.ves,  and  l/was  dif- 
mi^'d  ihtt  S'erV'ce,  arid  dcfired  to  attend  it  in  the  Spring/  I  plead- 
ed to  be  kept  in  Pay  that  1  might  have  w herewith  to  fupp^rt  me,  at 
,  ^chool---  1  went'.into  the  Cpuntr)-  io'Kcjgley  C^^ere  iDoardin,g  was 
/c-he.^p)  to  p-actice  what  liiile  I  had  attaift'd  at  School. 

M.ircb  it<^  'With  the  little  of  my  Wages  that  I  ccu!>i  referve,  I 
paid»formy  Schooling  ^  Board,  and  attended  the  Service  upon  Re-, 
que  ft.  i  and  was  again  put  into. Pay,  and  went  with  Col.  PZ;/..-pi  and 
Alajnr  Co'izcr/c  in  a  large  Bii-gantine  upA't/.YZf:/:  R;vfr,  for  Captives  : 
and  at  our  return  to  Boftoti^  the  Province  Galiey  being  arrived  from 
Ki-JjTork.  with  m\j  Lord  Bri'LEMONT,  and  the  Province  Truck  put  on 
board,  I  was  ordered  op  board  the  Galley  ;  we  Cruifed  the  Eaitern 
Shore  :  And  iri  .V;ff;/;/;fr  •1699,  I  was  put  out  of  Pay,tho' I  pleaded' 
be  continued  uncier  iPay  Teeing  I  mud  attend  the  Service  in  \the 
King.and  be  at  confiJcrableE.Npence  in  theWinte,:  for  my  Scl^oolii 


I'  ■  /  ' 

y  ■  A/   P   .P,  E    K,  D    /    X.  -  •"    ^-  '   .. 

In(  the  Spring  i/oo,  I  attended  the  Service  &  was  put  into  Pay— -. 
fjt^.  of  yfM/«7^-- -Orders  from  the  Government  to  build  a  Fort  Jzi 
C^fco  Bay,  which  was  fiiiiflicd  Oclober  6ih.  and  the  Province-Trui;': 
Janded  and  I  ordered  to  rcfide,  as  Interpreter, vviih  a  Captain  i^c.  i.i 
faid  Garrifon.  Not  long  after  Govcrnour  Dudley  fcnt  mc  a  Lieu- 
tenants Commiflion  with  Memorandum  pn  the  back-- -iV^ywr/Zo- i'..--, 
hut  as  Interpreter  at  Three  Pounds  fir  Month. 

Auguft   lotb.  1703.  The  French  and  Indians  befieged  our  Fort  Hx 
Days,  Major  March  Commander  :    Oh  the  i6fb.  .Day  of  tlie  lame, 
\^pt..  S  utback  arrived  in  the  Province  Galley,   and    the  Night  fol- 
^  low^ing  the  Enemy  withdrew. 

May  i^tb.  1704.  I  received  a  few  Lirics  from  His  Excellency  di- 
rcAing  nvc  to  leave  my  Port  and  accompany  Coj.  CHrcb  on  an  Ex- 
pedition rouhdl^the  Bay  of  F/</j^«.  'Septeif.'ber  following  I  rtturn'J 
10  my  Poft  withbtt^n^  further  vVages  or  Encouragem-ent  for  that 
Service  than  the  belbte  mentioned  Pay  at  the  Garrilbn. 

Aprtl  1706.     There  witw  Chance  of  theChief  Officer  at  our  Gar-   . 
r^lbn— I  chofe  to  be  dirmifs"'dVkIi  my  oldOffi^cer-'-which  was  granted. 
1706.     His  ExcelJency  Goverrtom- Dudley  prefented  me  a   Cap- 
:   tain's  CoiTimiffion,  and  order'd  Co\.^Ht^Jia/l  to  detach  fifty  cffcdtivc 

Men,  to  be  delivered  to  me  iq  order  for  VMarch .  ^    ' 

^  May  1707  I  cntrcd  on  an  Expedition^to  r^r-Rc/^/,  Co).  M.ncb 
Commander  inChicf,-— at  returq  difmiTs'd.^ 

May  iztb.  1708.  I  rcceiv'dOrders  from  His  Ei^tsdlency  to  go  to 
Port-Royal  with  a  Flag  9f  Truce  to  exchange  PrifoneW^and  brought 
qff  atl---at.  return  difmifs'd. 

1709.     i  recciv*d  a  Commiflion,  and  Col.  Ncyei  had  Ord^r^  to  de- 
tach forty  Men  and  deliver  to  me,  in  order  to  join   the  Forces^  for 
Canada.     At  Hully  Augufi  i/k  1709,  I  received  Orders  from'HisE^ 
celiency.  to  leave  my  Company  With  my  Lieutenant,  and  go  to  Pcrir-^ 
Rtf>^/ with  a  Flag  of  Truce  to  Exchange  Prifoners..      , 
A  Copy  of  which  Dcfirc  op  Order |s^  as  follows,   viz. 

'otiy  Augujl  ij?.  i'^09. 
5/r, 
*'  "*'  ^Dcfirc  you  to  Embarque  on  the  Sloop  Ilh^h  and  Kutl-,''XiO' 
mas  IVaters,  Mailer,  a  Flag  of  Truce  for^i^R^/r7/,to  whom 
you  arc  on  board,  you  will  give  Orders  toSailto  Port-Kcyal 
•*  'a.ccordingly. 

'^  *'  At  your  Arrival  there' attend  Mr.  Supercafs  the  Goverh<^',  dnd 
•*give  him  my  Letter,  withaJ  acquainting  him  you  haveNineFrench 
•*  PrrG^ners  on  Board,  which  are  all  that  are  in  my  Hands  wit^lout 
f^refeive,    Receive  his  Dire^ion  for  the  Landing  of  'cm  :  And  let 


C€ 


air, 
r  Dc 
1    «  . 
when 


ji    P    P    E    N    D    J    X. 


•*  him  know  that  1  cxpecfl  he  60  me  a  like  Jgilice  i;.  kr:frj^  you 
"  have  all  the  Englifh  Prifoncrs  within  his  Power,  which  vou  are.to 
"  demand  and  inful  on  agreab.'y  to  his  own  pronvie  JafiYcai  byyrjr 
*'  felt.  Demand  to  have  them,  forthwith  gathered  together, tha:  vi  j 
'•  may  fee  and  fpcak  with  them,  and  have  ihcm  delivereil  to  v.j, 
"  thnt  you  be  not  delayed. 

*/  Obferve  to  him  rny  jufl  Rcfentment  of  h"s  breach  Lp.-'i  me,  i.)  • 
''  not  lendinE;  them  early  this  Spring,    according    to   h'.i   '^\u'x  ut" 
*'  Honour  the  'alt  Year  by  your  Telf  i  when  I  retuincd-iJim  vpwan's  • 
**  ot"  Forty,    and!  had  made  Provifion  for  the  br.ingu  -j  iiomeot  iiii.e  :  ' 
"   His  ilcrcnticn  of  them,  then,  puts  me  to  a  repeated  C.'i.irg'e. 

*'  I  expcdk  he  l'upp!y  what  may  be  further  ruecefTary  for  the  Sup- 
'•  pnrc  of  the  Prifoners  in  their  Return,  as  1  have  done  for  his  now, 
"  a-.d  at  all  times^pall.  /'  '    / 

"  Let  ndt  your  liay  there  be' more  than  fix  Days,  tf  pofiible,  anJ[ 
*'.hal1en  back  with  a'.!  imaginabie  Expedition.  I^ 

*'  Be  not  by  any  means  diverted  from  your  demand  and  expefla- 
**  tion  of  feeing  the  Xngiifh  Prifoners,  and  that  you  bring  them  with- 
"  you  ,i    unlcJVon  your  fpeaking  with  them  they  are  not  vvilling  to 

come,  but  n\ake  their  Eledion  to  be  Tranfpofted  elfewhere,  ;  as 


1 


(C 

"^  you  have  feen  done  by  your  Governour  here.  *l 

"  i  haVC'/Drjdered  the  Mafler  to  attend   your  Orders. 


H^   will 


fbe 


(( 


bewycii  his  Jnilruftiors,  and  I  dcfir-e  ypu  w'ill  fe'ethey  beftridl- 
.y  obfer.vd'-!,  particularly  in  the  Article .  referring  to  Trade,  and 
the  Governn-;ent  of  hisCompany.  I  wifh  y;ou  a  profperous  Voy-agc. 
V    ,     '  "  An&  am,  Sir,    ' 

/»         ■         "  Your  Friend  and  Servant, 

■    ■;       '         '       ^  J,  DVD  LET.    ' 

Make  p-articular.Inq'jir.v' after 
Capt.  Mshs^  and  demand 
hii  and  Company's  Releafe. 

"/r;  G;^r.  Jrh'n  Gyles,  C-;;-.r^c5«*J  ,    ,J. 

''*'^  ;;  Pprt-Rcval.'        .    " 


/ 


:^^^ 


Accordingly  arrfv-i.-^g  at  ?crt-KcyaJ.,\  was  again  kindly  entertain'd 
by  Gt>verrioW  J:vprrr.:/>,  Sc 'brought  oflfabove  an  Hundred  Piifoners  : 
foon  after  my"  return  our  Forces/were  difmifs'd,and  I  recy^iv'd  no  fur- 
ther cr.nrrJdVat;^  for  niyService  tha»»Pay  asCaptain  of  myCcirpaiiy; 

\  -'%:</?  171-3.  I  was  defired  and  had  great  Promifes  made  me  by 
th^ir^pri-eror*,  and  received  Orders  from  His  Excellency,  to  build 

[^tbity^P^^fi.t.    Soon  after  our  Arrival  there,  the  Indians  came 


^      •  J   f    9   /S    ^    p    I    Xs 

io  the  Night,  aoJ  forbid  our  liying  one  Sto(«e  upon  mother.     I  toUi. 
«    them  i  came  with  Ordeti  fiom  Gove(nuurX>UDLi  r  lo  boiUi  a  Forr 
aod  if  they  (iidik'ii  it  they  nii^ht  aquaiat  him  oi  it  :  and  th<t  if  tiuy 
came  forccably  uponua  they  or  1  (houKl  fall  oa  the  Spot  :  Aiterlucti 
,    like  hot  Wofds  they  wft  m,  and  vcp  weut  on  Hiih  our  BuiJJmg,    and 
/    6ai{h9d  it  N^v<ittl;tf  2 St b.    1715,  and  our  Cafpeatcrs&C  MafoiiS  Itlt^ 
uib     My  Wages  wert  very  fmall,  yet  the  Gchtlcnjen-Propiietors  or- 
dered me  only  Mv*  PcuaJs  for  my  good  Scivicc  &c. 

JuJy  iztb.    1722.   A  nuiuber  o\  Indians  cagag'd  Furt  Qtorge  about 

^     Iwo  Hours,  kill'd  one  Ferfon,  and  then  drew  ofFto  kii.ing  Cjtile  &  ;. 

April  1725.     1  received  Otders  from  His  Honour  Licur.  Govcr- 

nour  DuMMiK  to  go  ten  Days  March  up  Aiiimifci-mn  Kixir  ,  and  in 

my  Abfencc  the  Indians  kill'd  two  Men  at  our  Fort  ;---  1  rtccivc^i 

no  further  Pay  for  faid  Service, --only  the  Pay  of  the  Gariiibn 

DutmhtT  i2th.   I7«i.    l!  was  difmilVd  fjom  i'^rf  Ctvr^c,  arulCapr. 
'      Woodfide  received  a  CommifTvon  for  the  Comniand  of  ihat  Place. 

Dtctmbtf  ipb.  1725.      1   was  ConimifRun'd  for  the  Garrilbn  en 
/      St.  Georgt'i  Rivtr.      -  - 

September  1726.  I  was  detained  Tome  Months  from  niV-Pofl,  ly 
order  of  His  Honou/r  Litut  GoveinouiDLM.\;LP.,Coinmi/ule^  ij  Ch"tf, 
to  Interpiet  for  the  Cape-SaUi  Indians^who  \\tie  bought  irj  &:  tr.ui.d 
Guilty  of  Piracy,  there  not  being  any  other  in  the  Pioviice  th.it  iiad 
■flWr  Language  ;  for  which  His  Honour  and  the  honourable  Council 
.  ,^WiieQted  me  ^r*  Pounds  i  which  I  gratefully  received. 
^  '"-J^etfUer  28.   1728.     1  was  CommiiTiooed  for  the  Peace. 

I  have  had  the  Honour  to  ferve.this  Province  under   cig^ht  Crm- 

'  manders  in  Chief,Governours  and  Lieut.  Govcrnours,  from  theYear 

-\  i6p8,  to  the  Year   1736.     And  how  much  longer  my  Service  may 

continue— -I  fubmit  to  the  Governour  of  the  World,  who  over-rules 

every  Circumftancc  of  Life  which  relates  to  our  Happinsfs   6i  Ui'c- 

fulnefs,  as  in  infinite  Wifdom  He  ices  meet. 


■  / 


Be  calm,  roy  Dslius  »od  Serene, 
However  Forti:nc  chaaBC  the  Scene  .' 
In  thy  m&ft  dcjcdted  Site, 
.  Sink  not  undcrncarh  the  Wc'ghr  ; 
Nor  yet  when  Happy  Days  begin, 
And  the  fall  Tide  come*  rowling  in, 
Let  not  a  fierce  unruly  Jov 
The  fcrtJed  C^uiet  of  thy  Alind  dcftroy  ;    '  . 

fJotvtver  Fortune  change  tie  Scene,  , 

Be  calm,  my  Delius,  and  Serene.  Hor.iCc 

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